HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0664.167 2014-2016 PI COUNCIL
Murashige, Laura
From: Calley O'Neill <Calley@CalleyONeill.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 9:32 PM • r-_"
To: Council Testimony; Kanuha, Dru; Paleka, Daniel
Subject: PLEASE pass Bill 140 for the Health of the PEOPLE and the OCEAN amu'
Dear Councilman Kanuha, Councilman Paleka, and the entire Council, cry
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).
Sincerely, 'L '�'
Calle O'Neill, familyand. Ohana +gym, N®. W qt I�
Calley ,
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CaIley Q'Neifl
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May we move together
toward world peace and healing.
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