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' ' National Headquarters <br /> ~ menca~ ~ RO. Box 30630 <br /> Natural Hygiene 3363° <br /> ~au~ Hss-veo~ <br /> Executive Director <br /> Society, Inc. ' ~ <br /> ~a mes Mlc haul Lennon <br /> <br /> Living in Harmony with Nature ~ ~7 29 f~~ ~ 03 <br /> C~UN' Y~ ril 24 1997 <br /> COUNTY OF HAV~AII <br /> County Council of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni St. <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Councillors, <br /> I am writing to you today on behalf of the more than 10,000 <br /> members and friends of the American Natural Hygiene Society, the <br /> oldest health education association in the United States. <br /> Our members--physicians and laypersons alike--are united in <br /> opposition to food irradiation for reasons of health and safety. <br /> We respectfully urge you to discontinue support for an <br /> irradiation facility in your community. We believe the arguments <br /> against food irradiation are compelling for moral, scientific, <br /> and economic reasons. Some are listed below. <br /> 1. The Society works actively to oppose the sale of <br /> irradiated foods in the United States. If the <br /> irradiation of food takes place in Hawaii, we will be <br /> among the national and international groups considering <br /> a boycott of all Hawaiian produce. <br /> 2. Radiation is very dangerous. Radiation accidents are <br /> frequent, and the history of the nuclear industry is a <br /> history of coverups. Japan is currently facing the <br /> disgrace of its nuclear industry having covered up a <br /> serious accident. It took the United States government <br /> 40 years to admit it had injured American soldiers and <br /> civilians during atomic tests. Citizens in Honolulu <br /> were subjected to an unreported radiation leak for 12 <br /> years before cleanup began. <br /> 3. Radiation facilities put your constituents at <br /> unjustifiable and uncompensatable risk. Most <br /> homeowners' insurance policies carry an exemption for <br /> nuclear accidents. Can the County of Hawaii assume the <br /> liability for damages related to an irradiation <br /> facility, including the transportation of nuclear <br /> materials to or from the site, that no insurance company <br /> is willing to assume? <br /> 4. Americans have already rejected irradiated foods. The <br /> only food irradiation facility in the nation is located <br /> just miles from our national headquarters here in <br /> Florida. It has lost millions of dollars since 1992 <br /> Comm. DIo. iJ2.Z7_N~-- <br /> P1Ie IYo.~~1~~ MCi/ <br /> Ref. Tot Presented Y <br /> o.,^,°° A°ry°~,~ MAY U 7 >~l <br /> Ref. Date <br /> <br />