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Murashige, Laura
From: Patricia Freeman <pattie@pattiehawaii.com> "a
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 3:38 AM cp.. CDc)
To: Council Testimony
Subject: PLEASE pass Bill 140 for the Health of the PEOPLE and the OCEAN 4,
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Dear Councilman Kanuha, Councilman Paleka, and the entire Council, —
Styrofoam both costs less and costs more.. here's why. We live in Waimea, and on a
night when we are too busy, we want to go up to YONG's and pick up food. Since
doing research on styrofoam years ago, we and other health conscious people stopped
going to YONG's for take out, because they use toxic styrofoam products for very hot
soups. We only go to YONG's a fraction as much, as we now have to take the time to
eat there instead of head home. We have spoken to many friends who don't want to
ingest any carcinogen that they don't have to, and they too have stopped doing take
out from anyplace that uses styrofoam.
All styrene products are harmful to human and environmental health. From
manufacturing to quick disposal, the process is full of health risks. These products are
used in high volumes—an estimated 25 billion Styrofoam cups are discarded each
year—and the environmental and health impacts are enormous. A 1986 EPA report
named polystyrene manufacturing as the fifth-largest creator of hazardous waste. In
addition, styrene and Styrofoam products are often discarded as litter, and it is
notorious for breaking up into pieces that choke animals and clog their digestive
systems, and it is a significant ingredient in our `great pacific garbage patch', a gyre—
now twice as big as the state of Texas—of toxic plastic refuse that has been reduced to
small particles and enters the food chain after it is consumed by marine animals.
From Mommygreenest.com: Frankly, styrene—also known as polystyrene, and better
known as Styrofoam—terrifies me. It takes 500+ years to degrade, dissolves into tiny
bits that end up in the ocean, is rarely recyclable, and last year it was assessed as
"reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" by the government.Sep 19, 2013.
It will be a boon to restaurants wanting to attract our visitors who are used to
compostable ware, and a gift to all those of us who
are working to keep ourselves, our children, and Our oceans healthy.
Mahalo nui for supporting this bill, in keeping with the Hawaiian Traditional
Ecological Knowledge (TEK).
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