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~ RIDM21197 ?'10'24 AM X111 <br /> Protect Kohanaiki `Ghana <br /> P. O. Box 4753 <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745 r-~ <br /> <br /> Telephone 808-325-6175; Fax 808-325-6175 ,37 AP <br /> cou . . ~ . <br /> COUNTY Ur HAWAII <br /> FAX TO: AARON CHUNG, Chair, Committee on Finance, Hawal'i County Council <br /> April 18, 1997 <br /> Re: Irradiation facility--Bill 62, Resolution 7 <br /> It has come to our attention that the county is preparing to provide not only support, but <br /> financial incentive, to Isomedix to build an irradiation facility on Hawaii Island, <br /> Radiation technology brings many questions of safety and desirability to the table, particularly <br /> <br /> those of hazardous waste disposal. Whether Irradiated food was accepted in Chicago is not <br /> <br /> the point--that same area is situated on a lake which was deemed without life until recently <br /> due to the toxicity of ouffalls permitted along it. Many situations may be acceptable to <br /> Chicago, but this is Hawal'i--the place where Chicagoans come to flee the problems and <br /> discomforts their city affords. <br /> We do not believe that the vision for our island includes irradiation. A healthy environment <br /> based on a sustainable, safe economic base precludes technology based upon use of <br /> radioactive isotopes With so many other options, why would we chose this as one of them? <br /> Our agricultural base, critical for the Island's future, will be tainted by a reputation of possible <br /> health hazard while It becomes dependent upon a technology which is largely In Its <br /> experimental phases. The University of Hawal'I, In conjunction with our other agricultural <br /> experts, should focus on the development of food preservation that is safe beyond any <br /> doubts <br /> Whatever one's feelings on the subject of food irradiation, the Protect Kohanaiki 'Ghana does <br /> not_supp4rt~~a_y~r_dollors_b~g used to buttress this techn~gy, especially when many <br /> other critical matters face our county that require their financial attention more than this one. <br /> „a 212• l3~ <br /> Mahalo for your attention In this important matter. pty~ no. fNU ~G~P <br /> Re[. •1bt Prasenf <br /> Sincerely, Eet late APR 2 1_1991 <br /> Janice Palma for the Protect Kohanaiki 'Ohona <br /> <br />