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Report by the Maui Health Initiative Task Force includes fluoridation project
HONOLULU – Ideas offered by Maui citizens on improving health care took shape in legislation introduced in the 2008 Legislature by three state senators from Maui County. Inspired by a 140-page report from the Maui Health Initiative Task Force, the state Senate delegation offered seven bills for consideration in the session that opened on Jan. […]
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Move to ban fluoride flounders
Efforts to ban the addition of chemicals such as fluoride to Hawaii’s drinking water appear dead in the state Legislature this year. Although the Senate passed a measure in favor of a ban, a key House member says he has no plans to hear the proposal, effectively killing it this session. “We don’t have any […]
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Honolulu City Council votes to ban fluoridation
The City Council yesterday ended the debate over whether O’ahu’s water supply should be fluoridated, voting 7-2 to ban the cavity-fighting chemical. Two dozen residents who supported the ban applauded the decision in the council chamber, while medical and dental professionals were disappointed. “There’s nothing wrong with our water. It’s great. Let’s keep it that […]
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Hawaii State Fluoridation Ban May Pass
In an unusual move, the state Legislature is only two votes away from ending the decades-long debate over fluoridation. Although fluoridation has been a hotly debated issue since the 1950s, Senate Bill 1038, SD1, which would ban additives in Hawaii’s drinking water, has quietly and quickly passed the Senate and a House committee this month. […]
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Mandatory fluoridation bill defeated in Hawaii
Yesterday, the state House Committee on Health got an earful from folks who weren’t about to swallow the Department of Health’s fluoridation claims. In an often tumultuous hearing that lasted more than six hours, the panel heard citizens voice their disapproval of House Bill 2761, which related to community oral health and included the phrase: […]
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Spotlight turns to Maui County in fluoride battle
WAILUKU, Maui – With fluoridation of drinking water a hot issue on Lana’i and Moloka’i in recent months, a member of the Maui County Council hopes to settle the issue and circumvent further debate. Jo Anne Johnson is proposing a ban on fluoridation in private water systems used for public purposes. In addition, she’s offering […]
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UH school wins out over Lanai fluoride
46 state lawmakers write a letter making their case for how to use tobacco money State legislators apparently believe funding a medical school is a healthier use of tobacco settlement funds than fluoridating Lanai’s drinking water to prevent tooth decay, according to their recent actions. The Legislature approved $150 million from the tobacco funds for […]
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Lanai Water to Get Fluoride
WAILUKU – State health officials are moving to make Lanai the first civilian population in recent Hawaii history to have fluoride in drinking water. They hope to have the system set up by next spring. Dr. Mark Greer, chief of the state Dental Health Division, said money for the project is coming from the state […]
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Fluoride measure appears bottled up
Despite the fact that the House yesterday gave preliminary approval to a fluoridation bill, the legislation appears to be heading toward a dead end. Senate Health and Human Services Committee chairwoman Suzanne Chun Oakland (D-Palama, Aiewa Heights) said she will defer a decision on the governor’s bill to fluoridate the water supply “indefinitely.” She said […]
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Fluoride debate flares up at Capitol
State health officials yesterday renewed their call for adding fluoride to Hawaii’s drinking water to help prevent tooth decay, but opponents promised a strong fight against it this session. In his State of the State address Monday, Gov. Ben Cayetano said Hawaii’s water needs to be fluoridated, saying every dollar spent on fluoridating saves $80 […]
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