Hector Valenzuela, professor and Crop Specialist at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, writes in the Honolulu Civil Beat that GMOs have not been the panacea that proponents of the technology have claimed. Instead of depending on GMOs, Valenzuela argues, farmers need “concerted government and University support to develop ecologically based production methods.”
The main glitch with statements made about a “consensus” on the safety of pesticides and GM crops, is that the claims are NOT true, and are thus unfounded. UH has also been unable to provide data to back up their claims made about the so-called success of the GM Rainbow papaya. However, the little information that we have available, in terms of industry statistics, points in the other direction: a general industry decline, contamination of non-GMO farms,consumer rejection of the technology, and as yet undisclosed health concerns — an example that we would certainly not like to emulate with other crops in the state.
Read the full, original story here: “The Science Behind Hawaii Island GMO Bill 113”
