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From: CHRIS MILES
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Date/Time: 4/28!97 1:30:35 PM
Subject: FOOD IRRADIATION -OPPOSED
BILL NO. 62 "FOOD IRRADIATION"
OPPOSED
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qpg 2 ST 1997
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'97 APR 28 Pfl 2 30 >vIonaa}. 2s.~pnl. 1997
COU~J.~ ~ is OrcalCanicosa-yIiks
COUNTY UI= HAbVAII P.o. so~3olsl
Honoluhi. HI 96820
Hawaii County Council
Finance Conmtittzz
2~ .~upuni St.
Hilo, HI 96720
1-808-969-3291 Fay
RF.: Bill \o. 62 "Food Irradiation' (Liability in regards to Tosic Tort Litigation related
to Irradiated Food)
Dtar Council \hntbzrs.
I am in opposition to Bill \'o. 62 in rzgards to tbz fiutding and building of a food irradiation
facility. for thz follo«•ing reasons:
L tise of public funds for prirate projects. T\1'O \lillion of Ta~pa~ trs dollars. to fiord a
Nucknr dtcice which altzr's Hawaiian grown produce is tantamount to taking ntontc out of
the pockzts of the bard working Ptoplz of Hawaii and Lining the Pozktts of Corporate
~nzrica to poison our hontz gro~rn food. The only opts that kill bzuzfit will bz the
Corporation rrho wius thz contract to build and opzratz the Nuclear Food Deg ice. and the
Medical Industrial Compks rho will bznefit from thz ill bzaltb a8zcts a8ecting our
Childrzn and Peoples of Hatraii. and those Nationallc and Iutzrnatioualh nito ingzsts such
fallout.
2. L se of \uclear rite (Cobolt 60 and Cesium 137). ?\uclzar \~'astz front nuclzar
poker facilitizs. should be disposed ofpropzrl}'. NOT uszd on our Hatcaiian Gro«n
Product.
3. The Potential for Liabilih and Tort Litigation related to the tonic ecposure and
effects of Food Irradiation. Lau ofTosic Torts. aticl~crel Dore,.llini~ni=ing Toa-ic Tort
Liabllit) E.apost.re jor ProdtsetScrles. Chapter =.0~: "Once the cnusnl connection
benreen dre product sold anti the iafitrP sur(ered bt' n claimnat brrs been estnblisbed
there is precious little adrice that Carr be Rhea to maaurircturers or sellers mhicb mill
sierri~crurth' imnrore their linbilitr position. " This would be a burdzn on the Statz and
Counts of Hawaii and its Pzoph. ttho would hat z to foot the bi11 for potential lath suits and
szttkutznts.
Factors Tbat would annl~:
1. Forzszzablilit} (latowlzdge that damagz or bane would occur front thz product)
2. Dot}' to team antings for possiblz injure' from use of the product)
3."Causation:(did thz product cause the injun~)
r.. .
a. Thz zsposurz did occur:
b. Thz diszase or injure complainzd of. in fact.occurzd:
c. Pzriod of time zlapszd bericzzn thz exposure and onszt of distant:
d. Scizntific rzcongtilion zsists to thz rzlationship bzttt zzn thz zsposurz and injur}'
or distant:
z. Esposurz to dosz or amount of altzrzd product. teas sufficizut to causz the injurt
to occur:
f Exposure teas of such a nature as to causz thz itijur}': and
g. Rzcogtizzd altzrnativz causzs ofthz itijurc or diszasz(s) complainzd of. hart
bzzn zliminatzd.
It tt ill be a matter of tintz for the tonic zffects of Food In'adiation to shore tlurougltout the
population. Once the studies are made, and the crnrsnl connection is made, then tt•ho
trill be liable? 1'ou ma~'be? Better get counsel on this and also consider the
International ramifications of being held Liable b~ t arious Countries or States
throughout the ~~'orld.
I hopz and pray' that ~ our dzscision tt ill bz to opposz Food Irradiation. Thz Health and
\\'zlfarz of the Pzoplz are thz Rzsponsibilit} of thz Pzoplz as Individuals. \\'hat rzntains to
bz szzn is "Hots Rzsponsibk are ~'ou as Rzprzsentatit zs of thz Pzoplz. in this dzcision
making proczss.
ht closing: L'Itintatzl}. the got~znuuent should sta} out of this irradiation busiuzss and kt thz
pricatz industrizs hard thzir otcn ircadiation projzets. The bu~'ing public. loealh' and
othzrtcisz, toil] dztzmtinz thz dzmand or rzjzction of Ircadiatzd Product. Thz usz of Nuclzar
aastz. is a ttastz for our local goeznwxnt to finance. and the projected Legal Liability
ramificatimts are sobering enough to at (east take a back seat for nott and reall}'
research studies documenting the ill affects of food irradiation practices past,
present, and future.
\fac God bz your Consciznce.
Sinczrel~.
Orval Canicosa-Aiilzs