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APR-23-97 WED 23:51 HAWAII DIVERSIFIED TECH. 808 966 6977 P. 02 <br /> <br /> Ur~cluc:livaa aaatil daltiVaa)e Sc .6ce9. WB wlli real~c n {(renter _onomic bcnctit fi-ona a <br /> focus oaa cxpandila~ local nlaa-kcts S,a our co,auuunity and Mate. ()nr.r. thr.vr Tre <br /> satistled we Gala then look to secured export as a "secnnti vtcp" in nor rrnnnmic <br /> plan. 1 look forward to the day when i can buy a can of IocTl vtarfn,;t rnnrcntrAtr <br /> (not .sugar water) instead of 1' loridn oran){c juicel <br /> Althrn,gh many proponents of in-adiation say it is safe, research. hac .5hnivn <br /> that rn hc. rinevtinnahle.. 1.)r. L)onald L.ouria of New Jersey Medir-al tich.nol. has been <br /> tin otCd clot of !'nniCxt by rn,r (:nnnly F'Ubli r- InfOrmatinn (7ffire.r. 1)r. I.nn ria hTa <br /> repeatedly st.atcd tYlAt cnnsumptinn of irrarliatcd prntlucts hAq nor, hccn proven <br /> safe. The ne~v un)dcnt.ificd rAdlnlytic prtarl„cts Art' A ACT'I0))A rnnAldc.rAtitan in <br /> deciding whether whole fonds shnultt hr trcAtrrl Anrl rnnvumcd withrn,t <br /> re©trictions. <br /> Pleaoe consider these quegtionv in analyzing thr. aitnatinn~ Whr, will trn ly <br /> benefit from this facility? Ts it good for the rnmmuntty At large? Arc the <br /> advocates supporting this facility for their own benefit? Will many fArmcrs tr„ly <br /> benefh or will only the processors and large corporations? 1-Tow soon ceill the <br /> 1uJu~try face the realities of steep competition in a global market pad lose to <br /> Bra~ll and other low-cost producer3? Will our fzu-mers suffer ps the, pApsyA fArmr.ra <br /> du rlow under their processing contrpcts? What pre the potcnttAl And }cnnwn <br /> i,upaut>;7 Ass the benefits worth the rick of placing an economically unccrtam <br /> facility i„ cur cezuununity when there are better choices here no~W7 <br /> Please co,)siacl llze beat and brightest choices for our community at thin <br /> time for appropriate ecuuwuic elevelopment. Mahalo for your time and your <br /> gon.cldcration. <br /> Sincrrt•.l'y, <br /> T.aul'el A. Dekker <br /> i-lA WA11 i)ivcrgifed '1'echnolo){ies. Iuc. (cv,nnlunily mid uyrtculhzral consultant and <br /> uulhur of "Introduction to Mtznaginr,~ FY,rir 1~'liec !n llawail") <br /> <br />