Hawaii Senate panel to consider GMO labeling

[Obie]

Here is the complete list for 2015:

http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/f...012315.pdf

I'm glad I read it.I didn't realize arsenic causes cancer.I wonder how you would ingest enough to get cancer and not kill yourself first.

Back to gmo labeling.Why not just hang a big banner at the entrance to every grocery store that states "Everything in this store contains gmos" maybe have flashing lights to draw attention to it.

[kalakoa]

Both testosterone and estrogen are on the list. Therefore, men and women are "known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive harm".

Here's my all-time favorite: carbonless copies contain chemicals "known to cause cancer". If an officer of the law writes you a ticket, do you get a Prop65 warning with that?

[ironyak]

Originally posted by peteadams

As an example of cisgenic gene transfer, in one of Richard Ha's blog entries a tomato researcher stated that geneticists know which genes control flavor, aroma, and structural aspects of tomatoes. But with the torches and pitchforks out for GMO breeding she was essentially stuck conventionally breeding thousands of tomato seedlings to hopefully finally come up with the combination of characteristics from the essentially random combinations of parent plant chromosomes

Have you heard of Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)? There are ways that biotech can help focus on the gene combinations of interest and speed up selection without genetic engineering. Any chance you have a link to put this "stuck with conventional breeding" in context?
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.10...ode=bpts20

[ironyak]

kalakoa - Both testosterone and estrogen are on the list. Therefore, men and women are "known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive harm".

Testosterone and estrogen are well established carcinogens, which is why, for instance, hormone replacement therapy carries an increased risk of developing cancer. You're unlikely to be exposed to much of either from a person unless you kill them and eat their organs, which is looked down upon in a progressive state like California.

Obie - I didn't realize arsenic causes cancer.I wonder how you would ingest enough to get cancer and not kill yourself first.
Back to gmo labeling.Why not just hang a big banner at the entrance to every grocery store that states "Everything in this store contains gmos" maybe have flashing lights to draw attention to it.

Arsenic is also a well established carcinogen with cancer implications world wide.
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercause...ce/arsenic

As for the GMO labeling by banner, not every food contains GMOs, which is the whole point now isn't it?

Prop 65 is an obvious example of how a state has 'actual authority to control things that qualify as "interstate commerce"'. There are many others which indicate that GMO labeling likely falls within the state's power to regulate.

[kalakoa]

hormone replacement therapy carries an increased risk of developing cancer

So it's government's job to warn everyone, not my doctor's job to inform me of the health risks of treatment?

Arsenic is also a well established carcinogen

Present in the vapor from e-cigs, which are totally unregulated.

not every food contains GMOs

How do we know this for sure?

[rainyjim]

How do we know this for sure?

Organic food can contain up to 0.9% 'GMO' legally in the US.