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From: Jeff Choi [jeffchoi @hawaii.rr.com] 1 r;
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:15 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Plastic Bag Ban
To the County Council:
As a former rancher and one who represented a cattle cooperative, as well as a present friend of
several ranchers, I have never heard of a single instance of cattle dying or getting sick from ingesting
plastic bags. I take Freddie Rice at his word, and it's possible that in one of his many pastures an
animal did suffer from a plastic bag. Cows certainly do eat strange things. But I'd be willing to bet that
if it were a widespread problem, I would have heard of it by now.
I have spoken to veterinarians, including the state veterinarian, and I am told that the plastic bag
would probably pass right through a cow. Has anyone done any homework on this proposed ban? I
am told there is nothing in modern life, including cars and electricity, that doesn't have some downside
to it. That doesn't mean that such improvements are not worth having.
As for turtles, I have spent thousands of hours in the water and made thousands of dives from Waipio
Valley to the National Park. I can tell you that there are many, many more turtles now than there were
fifty or sixty years ago. They are smaller, but they are infinitely more numerous. I have never heard of
a turtle dying from eating a plastic bag, although I am sure it has on occasion happened.
Go to any supermarket, and see how many people walk out with plastic bags. They make it much
easier to carry groceries, and you don't have to count how many cloth bags you will need and what you
are going to buy before you go to the supermarket. How many times have I gone to the supermarket
intending to buy one item and coming out with many?
As you tell, I am against the proposed ban.
Jeffrey Choi
Corm No. G V. 92
Ref. To Presse a M i
6/6/2011
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