Proposal for:

 ~A Bill for a LAW~
To Guarantee peace of mind, security, health, freedom and assurance of Safe Water for ALL people.

Be it known to all:
 water is essential to all and the water supply should be safe for all to drink; and Whereas individuals vary in their susceptibility and responses to various substances as well as in the amounts of water they consume; and
Whereas alternative methods of delivery for all substances exist; and
Whereas each individual possesses the inalienable right to choose or reject what he or she consumes;
Therefore be it known from this day forth:
The public or private water supply(s) shall never be used to deliver any product, substance, device, element, medicine or preventative agent with the intent or for the purpose of affecting the physical or mental functions of the body  of any person consuming such water.
under penalty of pain and imprisonment.

Citizens for Safe Drinking Water-Hawaii
P.O.Box 1198
Kekaha HI
96752
Dec. 15th 2002
Anniversary day of our Bill of Rights

Testimony of Chiyome L. Fukino, M.D.
Director of Health

February 25, 2003

Purpose:  Prohibits the addition of any product, substance, or chemical to the public water supply for the purpose of treating or affecting the physical or mental functions of the body of any person.  It specifically exempts military water systems that fluoridate their water supplies as well as chemicals needed to make water safe to drink.

Department's Position:  The Department of Health does not feel that this is the time to enter into a debate on the merits of fluoridation.  While the State Administration has no position at this time and has no plans to pursue a community water fluoridation initiative, we oppose this proposal.

     Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this measure.

Elected Officials and Agency Directors must Stop Domestic Terrorism: Pass SB 1038 SD1 2006 SB-15 SD-1

I WANT PEACE AND SECURITY FOR YOU NOW! By knowing that neither my Family nor I will be drugged via the water supply, for any purpose!
 Not with Viagra, Fluoride or Aspirin!
Citizens for Safe Drinking Water-Hawaii, www.gjne.com/cfsdwh
Request your assistance to help protect ALL people of Hawaii by
Doing your part; help PASS SB 1038 SD1, Now!
IT IS ONLY COMMON SENSE!
To Guarantee peace of mind, security, health, freedom and assurance of Safe Water for ALL people.©
In tumultuous times as now, recently we have/are being told it is only terrorist who want to cause us harm, drug and poison our water!

I am far more concerned by this tiny minority of politicians and civilians who insist on acting like tyrants, over and over threatening me, my family, and the public at large, (“we will drug your water-you will accept it, harmful effects included.”) than I am with this other hoax and fear mongering, that I must give up my American Rights to be protected from the other terrorist!

The Water Should Be Pure as Possible, and Safe for ALL to Drink! Any Objections?

The masses, the majority- EXPECT their water to be water.
Now and in the future, from the beginning of time, water.

Only a minority, less than a majority, in fact a tiny minority of confused people and civil servants continue to force themselves and their beliefs upon us, and continue maliciously to impose their illogical indefensible argument;
 this one being: that the water should be poisoned and used to drug you.

Medically it is malpractice, randomly distributing drugs without diagnoses and prescription or Dose specific to the individual.

This minority of politicians who vote against pure water and continue to threaten us with drugging us by our water supply will be memorialized and strongly remembered for the upcoming elections. It remains highly probable -at least 18,000 others and still increasing, including myself will no longer tolerate your failure to protect (my/our rights) and serve!

That is why SB 1038 SD1, Needs to be passed unanimously this coming week on its final third reading by the House of Representatives, and Signed into Law by our Governor, to protect ALL people from being Drugged via the Water Supply!
 It is only common sense! IT IS COMMON SENSE!

The people, and groups in Hawaii have collected say, 18,000 plus signatures (serenely) in support of their Legislature and Governor making in known to ALL, that the water will not be used to drug people by friend or foe without the penalty of pain and imprisonment to foreign or domestic persons.

PASSING SB 1038 SD1 will do just that.
Support your Senators, Representatives and Governor, who support you, your family, and your precious water.
www.gjne.com/cfsdwh
Kind Regards, Greg1
Citizens for Safe Drinking Water- Hawaii
P.O.Box 1198 Kekaha, HI 96752  808-337-2211 E/mail h-2-o-@gjne.com remove hyphens NO-SPAM*

 Perhaps if the pro-fluoride people were one of the many people with impaired immune systems who would become dreadfully ill if fluoride or ANY chemical were added to the water, then they would FULLY understand.

 Some of these chemicals cannot be filtered but, even if they could, it would condemn us to staying at home like prisoners.

 Fluoride has been put in NYC and Boston water systems for years and their cavity rates are as bad as ours.

I, personally, grew up in a community that valued pure water and nothing was ever added.

I have NEVER had any dental problems.

If you do your homework you will see it is dental hygiene that prevents cavities, not fluoride.
Our Senate and Representatives are aware there are many citizens who would become ill if chemicals are added to the water. Why would anyone prevent us from living normal, healthy lives?

I cannot believe anyone would be so callous as to do this to us.

Letter from Michael Connett to Governor Lingle.

 <gov@hawaii.gov>

Dear Governor Lingle,

Please sign SB 1038 SD1 into law.

Here's why:

Despite what fluoridation proponents may say, the facts clearly show that Hawaii's dental health is one of the best in the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Hawaii has the LOWEST rate of tooth loss in the entire country. Not one state in the entire country has a lower rate of tooth loss than Hawaii. See:
http://www2.cdc.gov/nohss/ListV.asp?qkey=4

Moreover, according to the oral health report cards issued by Oral Health America,
"Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, and Utah scored the highest grade" among all 50 states for oral health. See: http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/pr06.htm

If fluoridation proponents were correct, Hawaii - being the least fluoridated state in the country - should have some of the worst dental health in the land. This is simply not the case.

Hawaii's experience is similar to that of western Europe. Despite the fact that 98% of western Europe has rejected water fluoridation, their dental health is just as good, if not better, than the dental health of the USA. See: http://www.fluoridealert.org/govt-statements.htm

Hawaii does not need water fluoridation. There are many better, more effective things Hawaii can do with its money than pour it down the drain with this outdated and crude policy.

As noted by the recent Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Dr. Arvid Carlsson:

"I am quite convinced that water fluoridation, in a not-too-distant future, will be consigned to medical history."

Shortly after Carlsson wrote this, his home country of Sweden banned water fluoridation. Hawaii should do the same.

Please support SB 1038 SD1!

Sincerely,

Michael Connett
Web Manager
Fluoride Action Network
http://www.fluoridealert.org

INTERNATIONAL FLUORIDE INFORMATION NETWORK
www.fluoridealert.org

New_York>IFIN BULLETIN: IFIN # 743: Hawaii needs our help.

New_York>February 28, 2003

Dear All,

Hawaii has some of the most exotic scenery in the world, as well as some of the cleanest water. It is also the only state in the US which has never been fluoridated (except for the military bases) and has some of the lowest tooth decay in the country. In the letter from Michael Connett below, he writes: "Despite what fluoridation proponents may say, the facts clearly show that Hawaii's dental health is one of the best in the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Hawaii has the LOWEST rate of tooth loss in the entire country. Not one state in the entire country has a lower rate of tooth loss than Hawaii. See: http://www2.cdc.gov/nohss/ListV.asp?qkey=4

However, the State Health Department has a Dental Director who is fanatically pro-fluoridation ( he is very close to Michael Easley, so you can just imagine what rubbish he is being fed). Year after year the pro-fluoridation forces keep trying to fluoridate Hawaii and each year the stalwart fighters against fluoridation fend them off. Now fluoridation opponents appear to be close to turning the tables on the pros. They are very close to getting a bill passed in the House (it has already passed in the Senate). This bill states that "no person shall place additives into the public water supply to treat or affect the physical or mental functions of the body of any person, rather than to make water safe or potable." You can imagine that the pro forces are going crazy and mounting all the pressure they can muster to prevent a) this bill passing the house and then b) pressuring the Governor to veto to the bill. We need letters to offset this pressure.

Below, we have printed three things:

1) An article in yesterday's Honolulu paper about the bill.
2) An appeal from activist Greg Norby asking for letters to the Governor Little and others.
3) Michael Connett's letter to the Governor.

I hope you will send your letters into the Governor and some of the Representatives for whom Greg has given the email addresses.

Paul Connett.
_____________________________________________________________________
1) Story in yesterday's Honolulu Star Bulletin. 030227

 http://starbulletin.com/2003/02/27/news/index3.html

Thursday, February 27, 2003


Fast-track fluoridation ban nearing Lingle's desk

The measure has been approved by the Senate and a House committee

By Pat Omandam
<pomandam@starbulletin.com>

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.

The bill with a vague title was heard by the Legislature's two water committees but not the key health panels and requires no other public hearings. All it needs is two affirmative floor votes from the 51-member House, and then it goes directly to Gov. Linda Lingle for consideration.

"Basically, we're saying: 'Don't tamper with Hawaii's water. It's pure, it's healthy and leave it alone,'" said state Rep. Cynthia Thielen (R, Kailua-Kaneohe). "And that's what the bill said on its fast track to the governor," said Thielen, a member of the House Water, Land and Hawaiian Affairs Committee, which approved the measure on Tuesday.

State Sen. Les Ihara Jr. (D, Kahala-Palolo), who has spoken out in the past about good government practices and ethics, said the bill "kind of popped out" on the legislative fast track. He said it should have been reviewed by both Health committees, given the controversial subject, and it is unfair to those respective chairmen -- and the public -- that it was not.

"The democratic process is designed and meant to be fair, and the unfairness of it affects the level of confidence people have in the process," Ihara said yesterday. "They can't trust the process. If they can't trust they'll be dealt with fairly, then that damages the image and the level of trust for the institution," he said. Ihara was the only one to vote with reservations on Feb. 13 when all 25 senators agreed to send the bill to the House.

Advocates say adding fluoride to the water supply would improve the dental hygiene of Hawaii's children, who have one of the nation's highest rates of tooth decay. Hawaii is among 10 states where less than half of residents drink fluoridated water.

The bill, titled "Relating to Water Supply," states no person shall place additives into the public water supply to "treat or affect the physical or mental functions of the body of any person, rather than to make water safe or potable."

Federally operated water systems, like those on military bases, are exempt from this bill. While the measure may have slipped by fluoridation advocates, opponents have submitted ample testimony specifically praising it for ending the fluoridation push once and for all. And many lawmakers agree with them.

Senate Water, Land and Agriculture Chairwoman Lorraine Inouye (D, Hilo-Honokaa), in her committee report, said the bill would "free Hawaii from periodic threats of mandatory community fluoridation, which have been occurring since the 1950s."

State Sen. Sam Slom (R, Diamond Head-Hawaii Kai), who introduced the measure, said there have been increasing proposals to put things in the public water supply, and his intention was to put an end to all of them, not just fluoridation.

Senate Health Chairwoman Rosalyn Baker (D, Honokohau-Makena) said she probably would not have heard the bill if it was sent to her committee. She acknowledged it is a divisive issue and believes the counties should decide it since they are the ones that control the water supply.

House Health Chairman Dennis Arakaki (D, Kalihi Valley), who had advocated for fluoridation in the past, said the Legislature should not preclude itself from considering it in the future. Arakaki said he would have appreciated the measure being assigned to his committee and is uncertain of what he will do when it comes up for a vote on the House floor.

House Vice Speaker Sylvia Luke (D, Dowsett Highlands-Punchbowl) explained yesterday the bill was sent to only one committee because it is House majority policy to assign crossover bills to the same subject committees that heard it in the Senate. It is the responsibility of committee chairmen like Arakaki to "catch these things" and ask these bills be assigned to their committees, she said.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Request from Kauai1
"Out of state supporters".
Citizens for Safe Drinking Water-Hawaii

Please send your support of SB 1038 SD1 to

1) Rep. Calvin Say (Speaker of the House) at <repsay@Capitol.hawaii.gov>.

2) Rep. Sylvia Luke (Vice Speaker of the House) at <repluke@Capitol.hawaii.gov>.

3) Governor Linda Lingle at <gov@hawaii.gov>

Greg suggests you stress that you love to  travel to Hawaii, or would love sometime to come to Hawaii, but you will think twice about it if you have to drink fluoridated water!

            ACCURACY The newspaper should guard against inaccuracies, carelessness, bias   or distortion through emphasis, omission or technological   manipulation. It should acknowledge substantive errors and correct them promptly  and prominently.

Hi Pat, Starbulletin.com  pomandam@starbulletin.com

I am responding to your "Fast-track fluoridation ban nearing Lingle's desk" article. 

First, let me suggest that you would have better served the public if you had reported that a long overdue bill to keep unnecessary substances out of Hawaii's drinking water is nearing Governor Lingle's desk.
 
Senate Bill SB1038SD1is not a health bill, it is a water bill to help keep our water as pure as we can keep it.  This is why it was appropriately to send it to the water committees.

Yes, along with any other substance to treat people through the public drinking water, the addition of fluoride will be prohibited.  The people of Hawaii, including the legislators who have voted for this bill, do not want to be medicated through the public drinking water.

This bill did not "kind of popped out" as Senator Ihara claims.  The delegate at the 2002 Hawaii Democratic Party convention passed the following resolution to support such legislation.

"NOW BE IT RESOLVED that the Democratic Party of Hawaii supports a policy of safe drinking water and will work toward legislation to prohibit the addition of any chemicals (except for water safety), treatment, drugs or nutrients to any water supply providing water to the general public.   Any chemical proposed to be added to the water to make it safe for drinking: shall require that the issues of testing, safety and effectiveness be resolved by the Food and Drug Administration  with a joint  agreement published by the EPA Headquarters Professionals' Union (National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 280) prior to addition to any drinking water supply providing water to the general public."

Although your article may mislead some, by the suggestions that the bill is a bill to ban fluoridation, it does inform the public that a bill is proceeding through the legislature to prohibit adding substances to our water to treat or affect the physical or mental functions of our bodies, which of course many of your readers will understand includes fluoride.  I thank you for that.

Senator Baker's indication that had the bill been referred to her health committee, it would have probably died there, lends supports for the Speaker's decision to refer the bill to the Water, Land Use & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, the appropriate committee.

I hope you will take my comments as attempts to be helpful, as intended.

Aloha,
Bob Briggs
Kailua

To: pomandam@starbulletin.com


Hi.. I fould your article regarding SB 1038 a little off base. It is most definitely not an anti-fluoridation bill. It is a pure water bill. I very clearly pointed that out in my testimony. It is a bill that would allow chemicals to be added to the water only to keep it fit for consumption. Chlorine is such a chemicaql. It keeps the water fit to drink by killing of impurities, bacteria, etc. Aspirin, Viagra, Prozac, fluoride, birth control formulas all are specifically designed to treat a particular ailment (for lack of a better word) and SB 1038 was specifically created to not treat an ailment. Besides, if a medication were added to the water supply, how would you control the dose? If a medication were added to the water supply, would you, who may not suffer from the ailment the medication would treat, want to lose your freedom of choice and be forced to ingest something that you did not want or need? With regard to fluoride, if the CDC says in their Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report of August 17, 2001, "...that fluoride's predominant effect is posteruptive (meaning after the tooth comes into the mouth) and topical (meaning that it works on the surface of the tooth), why would anyone have to drink it? And if we were meant to ingest it, why are there poison warning notices concerning swallowing it on fluoridated toothpaste?  If you are interested in objectivity and truth, why not contact me and let's do an interview and present that to the people?
Hesh Goldstein
"Health Talk" moderator, K-108 Radio, Honolulu

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