This letter is in response to your coverage last month of the rallying meeting in Hartford for a state food labeling bill that would require the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms. (Opponents of GMOs push for Connecticut food-labeling law, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.)
As concerned citizens in Connecticut hoping to be able to maintain our good health as we age, knowing what is in our food is extremely important to us. The article makes it very clear that proponents believe GMOs are safe, and because of this, they feel that labeling is unnecessary.
Our feeling is that safe or not safe, we want to know what is in our food. We want to be able to decide for ourselves what we choose to eat. It is not up to Monsanto or any other company to make these decisions for us.
As Tara Cook-Littman said in the article, labeling "is such a simple request." We and many others in Connecticut agree. Personally, my husband and I feel that if the producers of GMO crops as well as the companies producing food products containing GMO crops truly believed that there are no health issues connected to long term consumption of genetically modified crops, then they would proudly display "Contains GMOs" on the labels.
 Martha Oxnard and Bob Urbani Jr.
Groton