[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "What it’s like for one Hawaii military family to live with contaminated tap water"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

What it’s like for one Hawaii military family to live with contaminated tap water

by Lauren Day
KHON2 News (HI)
December 14, 2021 


HONOLULU — The Navy’s water contamination crisis is now in its third week, and many folks are still relying on bottled water for drinking and to do simple everyday tasks, like washing their hands and brushing their teeth. 

Mai Hall lives in Radford Terrace, one of the many military communities affected by the tainted water issue. She and her family now have to wash their hands using jugs of store-bought water.

The faucets in her home are wrapped up, and her refrigerator ice machine is taped off as a reminder to her 9-year-old son not to use their tap water. 

“On November 28th, Sunday, it definitely smelled like I was in a gas station, pumping my gas in my car. That’s how I knew something was wrong, but I couldn’t believe it,” Hall said about the moment she knew her water was contaminated.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/what-its-like-for-one-hawaii-military-family-to-live-with-contaminated-tap-water/

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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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