[CPEO-MEF] PESTICIDES: Kaneohe Marine Corps Base (HI) housing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More Suits Filed Over Fears Of Toxic Soil At Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Sixty-four military families are now suing over allegations of failure to disclose pesticide contamination.

By Chad Blair
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
December 14, 2016 


Sixty-four military families have now filed suit over fears of pesticide contamination near their homes at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe.

Five separate lawsuits were filed earlier this year by 44 families who said they were not told about the contamination near their homes. On Dec. 8, two more lawsuits were filed on behalf of 20 additional families.

The lawsuits name as defendants Forest City Residential Management and its former subsidiary, Ohana Military Communities, which is owned by military housing developer Hunt Companies.

All of the families leased residential housing at the base sometime from 2006 to 2014. The lawsuits are seeking damages from the defendants that own and manage privatized housing at  the base. Ten other unidentified defendants are also named in the suits.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/12/more-suits-filed-over-fears-of-toxic-soil-at-marine-corps-base-hawaii/

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Lenny Siegel
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