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<br /> Apr-X24-97 03: 28P MediSmart, Inc, 714-650-8961 P.O1 <br /> '97 APR 24 PPl 1 0`t <br /> cour~rr or- 'H~waii <br /> APRIL 24, 1997 <br /> TO: HAWAB COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> RE: IRRADIATION <br /> DEARCOUNCII,MEMBERS <br /> LONG TIME FRIENDS ON THE BIG ISLAND CALLED TO LET US KNOW THAT ONCE AGAIN, <br /> T[-IERE IS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BEING CIVEN TO BUQ.DING AN IRRADIATION SITE ON <br /> THE BIG ISLAND AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF HAWAII AND A FREQUENT VISITOR, 1T <br /> MAKES h1E VERY SAD TO THINK THAT A MEASURE AS llESTRUCTIVE TO THE NATURAL <br /> ILABITAT (ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN 711E WORLD) AS IRRADIATION HAS TO EVEN <br /> BL' SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED UNLESS TT IS FOR AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REASON. I'M <br /> SURE THE COUNCIL WILL ASK MANY QUESTIONS BEFORE MAKING SUCH AN <br /> IRREVOCABLE DECISION AND ONE WHICH WILL HAVE SUCH A FINAL IMPACT ON THE <br /> ISLAND. <br /> WHY IS IItRADIATION NECESSARY? WII,L 1T BENEFIT THE FIARA AND THE FAUNA OF <br /> THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE? WII,L IT BENEFIT THE POPULATION OF THE ISLAND 1N TERMS <br /> OF A HEALTHIER ENViRONMENT'1 WILL 1T BENEFIT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FINANCIALLY? <br /> WILL TIIE FRUIT STII,L BE AS NOURISHTNG7 (I'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO <br /> UNDERSTAND THE IRRADIATION PROCESS THAT IT MAKES THE FRUIT LESS THAN !DEAL <br /> FOR HUMAN COMSUMPTION EVENTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE.) IF TIIIS <br /> STATEMENT IS TRUE, THAN WOULDN'T THE COUNCII, BE PERFORMING A DISSERVICE TO <br /> THE ]IAWAUAN POPULATION BY ALLOWING FURTHER DEVELOP[vfENT OF THIS <br /> IRRADIATION PROCESS? AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO FUTURE <br /> COMSUMERS OF TIIE PRODUCTS INVOLVED. <br /> WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS <br /> DECISION ARE CONSlDER1NG ALL TIIE SIDE AFFECTS AND ARE KEEPING THE GOOll OF <br /> THE ISLAND AND THE ISLAND'S PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF YOUR DECISION-MAKING. <br /> SINCERELY, <br /> ~~~+G <br /> SUELLEN BARYON <br /> ate. nI0.21? • ~3 <br /> i<o.rN~/c1P <br /> Presented <br /> $ef. Tos <br /> Itaf. Ds+~ APR 2 9 1997 <br /> <br />