Whereas, Our state’s carrier rate of the single gene expression for Hemochromatosis gene is estimated to be 26 in 200; and,

Whereas, Many doctors and their patients are not aware of this high incidence; and now therefore be it,

Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby proclaim the week of September 21, 2003, as Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week in Michigan and urge all citizens to participate in the protection of their health by informing themselves on this common but under diagnosed condition.