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<br /> Apr-24-97 03:29P MediSmart, Inc. 714-650-8961 P.02 <br /> n f ~ <br /> Rr~ `J <br /> 9? RPR 2y P~ 1 0~ <br /> COQ'.' v;~ HAWAII <br /> COUNT Y <br /> APRIL 24, 1997 <br /> TO' FIAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> RE. IRRADIATION <br /> DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS' <br /> LONG TIME FRIENDS ON THE BIG ISLAND CALLED TO LET US KNOW THAT ONCE AGAIN, <br /> THERE IS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BEINC GIVEN TO BUILDING AN IRRADIATION StTE ON <br /> THE BIG ISLAND. AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF HAWAII AND A FREQUENT VISITOR IT <br /> MAKES ME VERY SAD TO THINK THAT A MEASURE AS DESTRUCTIVE TO THE NATtJ[tAi, <br /> HABITAT (ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN TIID WORLD) AS IRRADIATION IIAS TO EVLN <br /> BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED UNLESS IT 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 WII,L HAVE SUCH A FINAL IMPACT ON THE <br /> ISLAND. <br /> WHY IS IRRADIATION NECESSARY? WILL IT BENEFIT THE FLORA AND THE FAUNA OF <br /> THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE'r WILL IT BENEFIT THE POPULATION OP THE ISLAND IN TERMS <br /> OF A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT? WQ,L IT BENEFIT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FINANCIALLY? <br /> WILL THE FRUIT STILL BE AS NOURISHING? Q'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO <br /> UNDERSTAND THE IRRADIATION PROCESS THAT IT MAKES THE FRUIT LESS THAN IDEAL <br /> FOR HUMAN COMSUMFTION EVENTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK MORE AT'T'RACTIVE.) IF THIS <br /> STATEMENT IS TRUE, THAN WOULDN'T THE COUNCIL BE PERFORMING A DISSERVICE TO <br /> TILE HAWAIIAN POPULATION BY ALLOWING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS <br /> IRRADIATION PROCESS? AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO FUTURE <br /> COMSUMERS OF TIC PRODUCTS INVOLVED- <br /> WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS <br /> DECISION ARE CONSIDERING ALL TILE SIDE AFFECTS AND ARE KEEPING THE GOOD OF <br /> THE ISLAND AND THE ISLAND'S PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF YOUR DECISION-MAKING. <br /> SINCERELY, <br /> L~1.1 ~ ,2~ . Y_'_ _ <br /> ~ e~ <br /> MI5 I KEIKI 0 KA AINA SPURLING <br /> File ivo. frND I GAP <br /> Ret. Tv: Presente_d_~F <br /> APR 2 4 1g9i~ <br /> R.f. T~nte - <br /> <br />