Comment submitted by Vince Kana`i Dodge

Aloha kakou, I am against this permit to grow GMO cotton in the Hawaiian islands. We are not an experimental station! I repeat, We are not an experimental station! Our islands have a unique ecosystem and plants that have evolved over thousands of years isolated in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Alien plants have alrady wrecked havoc here. With the GMO track record of NO ACCOUNTABILITY, uncontrolled contamination, and ownership and greedy profiteering of life it is clear that Hawaii will only be used for private gain and profit. Our native cotton- MA`O- could well be impacted. We as people of the earth need more low tech biodiversity ag development instead of gaint agri-business monocropping. BT like DDT may be good for the immediate control of insects, but have dangerous longer range impacts. Protect us- it's your job. mahalo nui loa, Vince Kana`i Dodge