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Experts call for fluoridated water to combat dental decay
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named community water fluoridation “one of the 10 great public health achievements” of the 20th century “because of its contribution to the large decline in cavities in the United States since the 1960s.” But Hawaii water supplies are not fluoridated. And a recent report from the state […]
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State report on keiki oral health shows need for improvement
The state Department of Health’s recently released surveillance report on the oral health of Hawaii’s children doesn’t give much to smile about. The “Hawaii Smiles” survey confirmed that the state’s children have the highest prevalence of tooth decay in the nation. The baseline results were based on data collected from more than 3,000 third-grade students […]
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Hawaii Department of Health Launches Hawaii Smiles Program in Schools
HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is launching a new dental surveillance program at 64 public and charter schools across the state. The Hawaii Smiles program will be conducting voluntary oral health assessments of about 3,300 third grade students during this 2015 school year. Dental screenings began on Feb. 4 on the […]
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Hawaii: State proposal for mandatory fluoridation
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Twenty-Seventh Legislature 2013 State of Hawaii H.B. No. 270 A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FLUORIDATION BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 340E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: […]
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Hawaii Fluoride Debate Idle Despite Major Policy Shifts On Mainland
Honolulu is one of the largest U.S. cities not to put fluoride in its water supply, but it’s been nearly a decade since the issue was last up for public debate. Most cities add fluoride to their community water supplies to help prevent tooth decay — particularly among children and adolescents. But in Hawaii, there’s […]
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Why have fear-mongers won an important public-health debate?
Would you trust a drill-wielding dentist who suggests, “Want to try this without the Novocain?” I did; that’s how much I like my dentist. He said it was a tiny cavity and I probably wouldn’t need the painkiller. “Can I stop if it hurts?” I asked him. “Of course,” he said. “Just lift your arm […]
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Big Island Ag declared National Disaster Zone from Vog damage
Volcanic pollution from active volcano vents on the island of Hawaii has taken such a toll on crops and ag products that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated the Big Island a primary natural disaster area Nov. 24th because of losses farmers suffered from volcanic emissions this year. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today […]
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Hawaii: Big Island Ag declared National Disaster Zone from Vog damage
Volcanic pollution from active volcano vents on the island of Hawaii has taken such a toll on crops and ag products that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated the Big Island a primary natural disaster area Nov. 24th because of losses farmers suffered from volcanic emissions this year. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today […]
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Wahiawa. Back in the Day: July 19, 1957
“Back in the Day,” appearing every Sunday, takes a look at articles that ran on this date in history in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Hawaii’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper. The items appear verbatim, so don’t blame us today for yesteryear’s bad grammar. Water FLUORIDATION rejected at Wahiawa Fluoridation is dead in Wahiawa. In the first […]
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Editorial: Don’t surrender to those who resist fluoridation
THE ISSUE: Legislators are rejecting a bill to create a pilot program to fluoridate water in Maui County. Intimidated by a resilient band of chemophobes, legislators again are thumbing their noses at ending Hawaii’s distinctions of being the only state without fluoridated water and having the worst oral health in the country. In the latest […]
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