HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 413 Draft 01 1958
COUNTY OF HAWAII. - TERRITORY OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. V/ -6
REQUESTING THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF HEALTH TO EXPEDITE A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY
AND ANALYSIS OF RADIO ACTIVE FALL-OUT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.
WHEREAS, the Twenty-ninth Session of the Legislature of the Territory*
of Hawaii appropriated $28,000,00 for survey and testing of radio-active fall-
out in Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, the major,testing area has been thus far the City and County of
Honolulu which has safe artesian well water; and
WHEREAS, the Island of Hawaii_ has exposed surface rainwater and stream
catchment areas as its major source of water; and
WHEREAS, the Island of Hawaii is south of the Island of Oahu and therefore
closer to the British bomb testing area; and.
WHEREAS, the danger to its water supply is greater because of location
and greater susceptibility to radio-active rain; and
WHEREAS, testing of A-bombs and H-bombs is now going on at Christmas
Island and at Eniwetok; and
WHEREAS, no adequate testing program has been inaugurated-on the Island
of Hawaii because of a limitation on the number of samples which can be sub-
mitted. for analysis,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS in and for the.:
County of Hawaii that the Territorial Board of Health be requested_.to expedite
the setting up of testing equipment in the Territory so that accurate and
comprehensive.analysis of radio-active fall-out can be conducted immediately
and during the current bomb testing season.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Territorial Board of Health be requested
to make adequate sampling of the water sources on the =Island 'f',Hawaii.with
particular attention paid to the District of Kona, which has rain water as
its only water source.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to send a copy of this resolution to Dr. Richard K. C.
Lee, President, Board of Health, and to the Honorable William S. Quinn,
Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this lst day of May, 1958,
Introduced•by:
Supervisor, epresentative
District