STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1220

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 75
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 75 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY OF
     FLUORIDATION OF DRINKING WATER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request a study of
fluoridation of drinking water.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health and the University of Hawaii School
of Public Health.

     Tooth decay is a common dental disease that is preventable
with proper care.  One proven method of tooth decay prevention is
fluoridation of drinking water.  Every state has fluoridation to
some extent except Hawaii, where fluoridation is found only on
military bases.  Fluoridation has been endorsed by the United
States Public Health Service, American Dental Association,
American Medical Association, and the Dental Health Division of
the State Department of Health.  However, a study ten years ago
by the federal government linked fluoride to bone cancer.  The
purpose of this measure is to determine whether or not Hawaii
should fluoridate the drinking water supplies.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by including the
Hawaii Academy of Pediatrics, National Kidney Foundation, and
other interested organizations as participants in this study.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 75, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 75, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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