[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, HEALTH: "Hundreds of military families sickened by contaminated Pearl Harbor [HI] water"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hundreds of military families sickened by contaminated Pearl Harbor water
Key Honolulu aquifer may also be at risk as residents say they face stomach pain and headaches


Associated Press
December 3, 2021


Cheri Burness’s dog was the first to signal something was wrong with their tap water. He stopped drinking it two weeks ago. Then Burness started feeling stomach cramps. Her 12-year-old daughter was nauseous.

“It was just getting worse every day,” said Burness.

Burness’ husband is in the US navy. Their family is among hundreds of military families living near Pearl Harbor with similar complaints after the navy’s water system somehow became contaminated by petroleum.

The problems have afflicted one of the most important navy bases in the world, home to submarines, ships and the commander of US forces in the Indo-Pacific region, and they may even threaten one of Honolulu’s most important aquifers and water sources.

Residents in navy housing this week started complaining of a fuel-like odor coming from their tap water. Some, like Burness, said they suffered from stomach pain and headaches.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/03/hawaii-drinking-water-contamination-navy

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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