Derecho a la salud

El noviembre, 2015, el Movimiento SHAKA me llevó a recorrer algunos de los sitios de prueba de biotecnología "conocidos" en Maui. Tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar a algunos de los políticos, proveedores de atención médica, madres y líderes comunitarios de Hawai que se han enfrentado a las compañías químicas responsables de envenenar al estado, sus residentes y visitantes.

La experiencia profundamente perturbadora pero inspiradora resultó en las entrevistas en video "Su derecho a la salud". Durante la serie, puedes echar un vistazo a lo que está sucediendo en la "Zona Cero de los OGM". La sinceridad y el compromiso de los residentes de Hawái seguramente provocarán la reconsideración de la industria alimentaria de los OGM. La concentración de las parcelas de prueba al aire libre de OMG y los efectos del uso de productos químicos es una señal de lo que vendrá para el resto del mundo. Según el Centro de Seguridad Alimentaria, Hawai'i alberga más de 1,100 parcelas de prueba. En comparación, California, el estado agrícola más grande de los EE. UU., Alberga solo alrededor de 170. El impacto de estas parcelas de prueba debe verse como un problema global.

Presenting the first of the video series “Your Right to Health” of Dr. Barbara Marsh interviewed by the SHAKA Movement and Moms Across America. Barbara discusses the impact of GMOs and chemical farming in Hawai'i from the prespective of a health care provider. The impact on the residents of Hawai'i is tragic.

In the second video of the series, I interview the courageous Gary Hooser, County Council Member of Kauai.

Gary discute lo que se necesita como político para abordar los problemas de la industria de los OGM en Hawai'i. Su conclusión es que estas compañías químicas tóxicas deben irse. Se podría afirmar que no deben existir en absoluto.

Why? There are numerous restricted use chemical pesticides and herbicides used heavily on the GMO crops to test chemical “tolerance on plants” with little regard for their drift effect on neighboring hospitals, schools, and homes. Hawaii is experiencing a correlation of serious health issues and yet the chemical companies refuse to rule out any responsibility on their part and test. The behavior of the chemical companies is one which will be repeated in any nation where they are allowed to operate. Monsanto’s reaction, spending over 9 million in one Hawaii county alone to stop the Maui GMO Moratorium was eye opening. The moratorium simply called for the planting of open air GMO test plots to stop until the chemicals were tested and proven safe. Monsanto’s resistance to test, which would have cost far less than 9 million, raised serious suspicions about the safety of many of the chemicals which are sprayed on our food globally.  Although the movement won, a local judge denied the passing of the moratorium and the chemicals continue to be sprayed.

The most widely used herbicide, Glifosato, does not wash off and the residue levels allowed on our food crops are higher than what has been to linked to birth defects, cancer, and serious organ damage.

Over a dozen of Syngenta’s field workers were hospitalized enero 20, 2016 to exposure to chlorpyrifos, a chemical which the EPA has proposed to ban, and yet Syngenta continues to use.

 Atrazine, heavily sprayed in Maui but banned in Switzerland where it’s made, has been proven to cause male frogs to feminize and mate with each other. The chemical companies complete disregard for our health in their development of GMOs counters the very premise upon which their industry stands on, to “Feed the World.” Food should not poison, it should nourish.

A separate but equally concerning issue is the decades-long use of chemicals on sugar plantations which are then burned, allowing the smoke and chemicals to pollute the air and homes of residents to the point of hospitalization. Although the sugar plantation in Maui has announced its closure, the residents of Hawaii have long been impacted, and the chemical spraying of glyphosate as a drying agent and on GMOs continues on many food crops globally. In Hawai’i, there has been a ten-fold increase of birth defects near GMO and/or chemical farming reported along with asthma, cancer, and other illnesses on the rise. The residents are speaking up and taking action.

La tercera parte de la serie presenta a Kate Griffiths, creadora de la revista Maui Mamma, quien les brinda a las madres que experimentan problemas de salud en su familia un lugar para tener voz.

The fourth of the series is Trinette Furtado, 5th generation Hawaiian who reminds of the love and respect for the land, air and water which feeds us, or the "Ain'a"

SHAKA y Moms Across America están colaborando al unísono en un plan para evaluar a los residentes de Maui y el continente, respectivamente, en un programa titulado "Your Right to Health" en el que los participantes aprenderán cuánto glifosato (en Roundup) se encuentra en su orina. .

Los resultados ayudarán a crear un mapa de datos de toxicidad para ayudar a correlacionar la exposición a sustancias químicas con problemas ambientales y de salud específicos y contribuir al cambio de la política de la EPA y el futuro de la agricultura.

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SHAKA is launching a public health registry for Maui residents which is available athttps://www.mauigmomoratoriumnews.org/health-registry-form/

For more information about SHAKA Movement’s mission and the appeal of the GMO Moratorium:http://www.mauigmomoratoriumnews.org/

Right to Health Series Initiative: Zen Honeycutt’s talk in Maui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESY5JxUEX_4

For more information about Moms Across America and to sign their Birth Defects Petition go to http://www.momsacrossamerica.com

Videography by Keith Ranney: http://keithranney.com

Gracias a los amables y amables residentes de Hawai'i por inspirarnos y por permitirme ser parte de compartir sus experiencias y compromiso.

-zen honeycutt