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<br /> From to 18089693291 at 04/23/97 03:28p Pg 001/001 <br /> FAX _ ~ ~ I Date Apn123, 1997 <br /> nC <br /> 9~ ~p~ 23 Pj`~ 3 J ~ Number of pages including cover sheet <br /> GG,~~.,; v~ HAWAII <br /> TO: Hawaii Count~Qdt1P~il' FROM: Dr. Sue Sullivan <br /> 25 Aupuni St <br /> Hilo, H196720 91-827 Oaniani Street <br /> Kapolei, H196707-2645 <br /> Phone 961-8225 Phone 808-674-1026 <br /> Fax Phone 969-3291 Fax Phone 808-688-1479 <br /> CC: <br /> REMARKS: ? Urgent ? For your review ? Reply ASAP ? Please Comment <br /> I disagree with K.K. Keana'aina, and urge the Council to APPROVE Bill #62, the request for the <br /> post-harvest irradiation treatment facility. This is an opportunity for the county of Hawaii, and indeed <br /> other counties in the State, to develop a market for crops grown and produced on the islands, and to <br /> offer economic benefits for diversified agriculture. <br /> It is my understanding the technology is safe and has been approved by the FDA, USDA, World <br /> Health Organization, American Medical Association and others. The food products are safe.. The <br /> technology is actually more environmentally safe than the use of methyl bromide or ethylene oxide as <br /> fumigants products that are highly toxic and are banned in certain areas or in the process of <br /> being phased out. It has been used successfully to sterilize many products, both in the food line <br /> and other medical or consumer products such as bandages, drug products, baby bottle nipples and <br /> disposable nurser bottles, cosmetics, and pet food. It has been shown that no chemical residues <br /> are left on products. Many commercial irridation plants exist and operate safely in the United States. <br /> The value of this technology to produce a safer food supply, as well as to provide an avenue for <br /> economic growth in the state, far exceed the very small risk associated with a low level radiation <br /> source, which itself is managed in a safe, effective manner. <br /> ~0. 212 • ItP <br /> pie rra. P <br /> ttef Presented <br /> APR 2 3 1997 <br /> x~t. nPce. <br /> <br />