Hawaii And The Fluoridation War

Dear all at CTM,

Two more fluoridation items from Hawaii.

First, a letter which I received via the US Mail this morning from State Representative William Stonebraker. Although he addresses the letter to me personally, I think it equally applies to all FAN members who have sent in letters urging Hawaiin legislators to oppose fluoridation. He tells us of his new bill to outlaw fluoridation and urges our continued support. You might wish to e-mail him and thank him for his efforts. His email address is <repstonebraker@capital.hawaii.gov>.

Also from Hawaii is an email from Diane Kaneshiro <cyberseek1@juno.com> who has responded to IFIN 470 ( Victory in Hawaii). I find it extremely interesting that the outrageously ill-informed Dr. Mark Greer (Dental Director for the Hawaii Dept of Health) has Michael Easley ( fluoridation's most unabashed propagandist) as his side-kick. No wonder Greer spouts the nonsense that he does!

Both items are printed below.

Paul Connett.

House of Representatives,
State of Hawaii,
State Capitol,
Honolulu, HAWAII 96813,
February 4, 2002.

Dear Professor Connett,

I am writing to express my continued appreciation for your support for keeping Hawaii's drinking water clean and pure. Your testimony in last year's legislative session played an instrumental role in the law-making process.

The valiant efforts of you and others have helped to protect the health and well being of our Hawaii's residents and has kept our State's water the cleanest in the Nation. It is important that we keep Hawaii's water clean and pure. As many other experts have testified fluoridating drinking water is often unhealthy and not a very effective way to prevent tooth decay.

People should be able to make their own decisions as to what they would like to put in their bodies, provided they are not harmful. It is not our place to legislate these kinds of decisions.

I am once again introducing a Pure Hawaiian Drinking Water bill, H.B. 2177. I am optimistic that we can once again count on your support for this important piece of legislation. Lawmakers need to hear the opinions and concerns of people like you in this legislative process.

If I, or my staff can be of any assistance please feel free to contact us at (808) 586-6420. Thank you once again for your valiant efforts. I look forward to seeing you again this year.

Aloha,

Budd,

William "Bud" Stonebraker,
Representative, District 15,
House of Representatives
State of Hawaii.

E-mail : repstonebraker@capital.hawaii.gov

Hi, Dr. Connett:

Thanks for posting the Advertiser article on HB 2761 (water fluoridation) on your website, and in the IFIN e-newsletter. This is a great victory, yes, but it is only one battle in the war against water fluoridation. The people here in Hawaii who are fighting water fluoridation still have to be watchful that no one reintroduces some form of water fluoridation into a bill during this legislative session. The session runs until March 2; plenty of time for the pro fluoride gang to sabotage all of our hard work.

By the way, I'd like to mention that the notorious Michael Easley was there, but he didn't testify. I noticed that as soon as it was announced that the water fluoridation portion of the bill was going to be deleted, he and Mark Greer suddenly got up and left the hearing. This only proves to me that these so-called public servants really do not have the public's best interests in mind; otherwise, they would have stayed to hear what private citizens had to say about this matter. Thank you again for all of your hard work on our behalf. Your website is a tremendous research tool; I depended on it heavily while drafting my testimony before the health committee.

Diane Kaneshiro
Honolulu, HI