Honolulu Bans Water Fluoridation
CategoriesFebruary 12, 2004 - The mayor of Honolulu enacted a local ruling designed to protect the water supply of Honolulu and Oahu island from contamination. Fluoridation is the target of the ruling, which specifies no substance to treat humans instead of the water will be allowed to be added to the water. A safeguard against "orders from above" is also built in: the ordinance requires that any chemical additive to the water must meet certain minimum safety specifications before being used.
Honolulu Outlaws Fluoride
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HONOLULU -- After close to five decades of citizens and legislators in Hawaii diligently defending their right to drink water free of intentional medications and contamination, Mayor Jeremy Harris has finalized the enactment of a unique water quality ordinance that pro-actively preserves the rights of consumers in the City and County of Honolulu and Island of Oahu.
This ordinance effectively bans fluoride as a potential additive to municipal water.
Combining the intent and language of ordinances enacted by citizens initiative in Santa Cruz, Redding and Watsonville, California, the new Honolulu ordinance is the first in the nation to provide protection for the safety of drinking water on two fronts: first, prohibiting the addition of any chemical to the drinking water intended to treat humans rather than the water; and secondly, establishing expanded and localized criteria for limiting contaminants and ensuring FDA approval for any health claims made for any specific products to be used, which further protects consumers should Hawaiian or Federal law supercede and impose mass medication.
The deadline for Mayor Harris' signature was February 12 to conclude enactment of Bill 66 (2003) which was passed by a 7 to 2 vote of the Council of the City and County of Honolulu on January 28, 2004.
The text of Bill 66 (2003) can be accessed at the City and County of Honolulu website.
Citizens for Safe Drinking Water is encouraging others to continue this safe drinking water approach and enact pro-active water quality legislation in their own communities. Other legislation can be accessed at: Keepers-of-the-Well.org
This article was first published on Rense.com
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Maryland water district decides to end fluoridation
The South Blount Utility District in Maryland decided to stop fluoridating its water when it opened its new plant in June of 2004. District manager Isom Lail and plant manager Henry Durant recommended to the South Blount Utility District Board that they stop fluoridation, since the chemical is not a required additive. Lail notes that fluoridated water could be beneficial to children between the ages of 4 and 14, but that it has been linked to diseases like osteoporosis and cancer. Lail says most water district customers have not expressed any opinion on the subject. He notes that his wife's kidney condition has been somewhat less severe after the change in their drinking water.
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Monday March 15 2004
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