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APRIL 24, 1997
TO: HAWAB COUNTY COUNCIL
RE: IRRADIATION
DEARCOUNCII,MEMBERS
LONG TIME FRIENDS ON THE BIG ISLAND CALLED TO LET US KNOW THAT ONCE AGAIN,
T[-IERE IS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BEING CIVEN TO BUQ.DING AN IRRADIATION SITE ON
THE BIG ISLAND AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF HAWAII AND A FREQUENT VISITOR, 1T
MAKES h1E VERY SAD TO THINK THAT A MEASURE AS llESTRUCTIVE TO THE NATURAL
ILABITAT (ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN 711E WORLD) AS IRRADIATION HAS TO EVEN
BL' SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED UNLESS TT IS FOR AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REASON. I'M
SURE THE COUNCIL WILL ASK MANY QUESTIONS BEFORE MAKING SUCH AN
IRREVOCABLE DECISION AND ONE WHICH WILL HAVE SUCH A FINAL IMPACT ON THE
ISLAND.
WHY IS IItRADIATION NECESSARY? WII,L 1T BENEFIT THE FIARA AND THE FAUNA OF
THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE? WII,L IT BENEFIT THE POPULATION OF THE ISLAND 1N TERMS
OF A HEALTHIER ENViRONMENT'1 WILL 1T BENEFIT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FINANCIALLY?
WILL TIIE FRUIT STII,L BE AS NOURISHTNG7 (I'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO
UNDERSTAND THE IRRADIATION PROCESS THAT IT MAKES THE FRUIT LESS THAN !DEAL
FOR HUMAN COMSUMPTION EVENTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE.) IF TIIIS
STATEMENT IS TRUE, THAN WOULDN'T THE COUNCII, BE PERFORMING A DISSERVICE TO
THE ]IAWAUAN POPULATION BY ALLOWING FURTHER DEVELOP[vfENT OF THIS
IRRADIATION PROCESS? AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO FUTURE
COMSUMERS OF TIIE PRODUCTS INVOLVED.
WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS
DECISION ARE CONSlDER1NG ALL TIIE SIDE AFFECTS AND ARE KEEPING THE GOOll OF
THE ISLAND AND THE ISLAND'S PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF YOUR DECISION-MAKING.
SINCERELY,
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SUELLEN BARYON
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