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APRIL 24, 1997
TO' FIAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
RE. IRRADIATION
DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS'
LONG TIME FRIENDS ON THE BIG ISLAND CALLED TO LET US KNOW THAT ONCE AGAIN,
THERE IS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BEINC GIVEN TO BUILDING AN IRRADIATION StTE ON
THE BIG ISLAND. AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF HAWAII AND A FREQUENT VISITOR IT
MAKES ME VERY SAD TO THINK THAT A MEASURE AS DESTRUCTIVE TO THE NATtJ[tAi,
HABITAT (ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN TIID WORLD) AS IRRADIATION IIAS TO EVLN
BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED UNLESS IT IS FOR AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REASON. I'M
SURE THE COUNCIL WILL ASK MANY QUESTIONS BEFORE MAKING SUCH AN
IRREVOCABLE DECISION AND ONE WHICH WII,L HAVE SUCH A FINAL IMPACT ON THE
ISLAND.
WHY IS IRRADIATION NECESSARY? WILL IT BENEFIT THE FLORA AND THE FAUNA OF
THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE'r WILL IT BENEFIT THE POPULATION OP THE ISLAND IN TERMS
OF A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT? WQ,L IT BENEFIT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FINANCIALLY?
WILL THE FRUIT STILL BE AS NOURISHING? Q'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO
UNDERSTAND THE IRRADIATION PROCESS THAT IT MAKES THE FRUIT LESS THAN IDEAL
FOR HUMAN COMSUMFTION EVENTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK MORE AT'T'RACTIVE.) IF THIS
STATEMENT IS TRUE, THAN WOULDN'T THE COUNCIL BE PERFORMING A DISSERVICE TO
TILE HAWAIIAN POPULATION BY ALLOWING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
IRRADIATION PROCESS? AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO FUTURE
COMSUMERS OF TIC PRODUCTS INVOLVED-
WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS
DECISION ARE CONSIDERING ALL TILE SIDE AFFECTS AND ARE KEEPING THE GOOD OF
THE ISLAND AND THE ISLAND'S PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF YOUR DECISION-MAKING.
SINCERELY,
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