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from: G1NNY ASTE, 965-9869 COON IY Cjj Hq~V,gll
re: an ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION, for your consideration-
"WE, THE PEOPLE OF 'THE COl)NTY OF HAWAII..."
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\'VE, THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII SUPPORT ~ ~ _
- 7HE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ppp I' ~ '
WHEREAS, a nauonal boycott against irradiated food has already resulted 9 tl~ie' (6sSto[ ,3
important markets on the mainland including Marsh's, Keinr's, S+&K and others; and F~ r 3 ~ S
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wrt-IEREAS, the nearly 8,000 postcards and letters from people on the mainl ~ :
+vamed the County of Hawaii that they will not buy irtadiated fruit from Hawaii; and T ~i' H/-i~~/A~~
Wf-IEREAS, Japan does not allow rrcadiated fruit into their country, and fivc consumer
goups from japan have warned that Japanese people will "back awa7" from all
Hawaiian fruit; and
l~`I-IEREAS, the FDA has stated that potentially carcinogenic and mutageruc chemicals
are created by the trradiation process ai 30 parts per million; and
WHEREAS, trcadiation facilities+vhrch use cobalt-60 or cesium-137 support, legitimize,
and rely on nucleaz power and nuclear weapons production; and
WHEREAS, these nuclear industries result in the authorized, nomaccidental, random
killing of imrocent people including children; and
+h'FiEKEAS, these nuclear industries are leaving a horrific legacy of nuclear wastes
products for future generatrons to deal with; and
WHEREAS, accidents at irradiation facilities, including the Hawaii Development
Irradiator, have resulted in radioactive contamination of land and water; and
\i?l~.REAS, food irradiation facilities are allowed to emit 100 millirems of radiation per
year and, under speaal circumstances, 500 millirems per yeaz~, and workers are allowed
to receive 30 to 50 times more radiation per year than one would receive from natural
background radiation; and
WHEREAS, these radiation levels will lead to increased cancers and birth defects; and
WHEREAS, as of 1995, the first "food-only" irradiator in the United States, Food
Technology Sernces Inc., located in Mulbem', Florida, had lost 5.5 million dollars, and
\4-HERE.AS. Maeor Yamashiro's proposal for S2 million fora "post harvest [reatmcnt
Cacrliry" does not speafy how the money would be spent;
TI-IEREFORE, ~+e oppose any ordinance or resolution favoring irradiation, and
THEREFORE, we believe the most logical and economical solution for agricultural
development in Hawaii would be to develop the local markets as a priority, and then, if
necessan•, to encourage use of existing treatment facilities, and to export specifically to
cold-climate regions, i.e. Canada and the northern United States to prevent spreading the
fruit fly, wail such time as non-tonic disinfestation methods can be developed.
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