[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Red Hill [HI] Water Contamination Sickened Some 2, 000 People, Survey Finds"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Red Hill Water Contamination Sickened Some 2,000 People, Survey Finds
Seventeen people were hospitalized, children experienced seizures and pets died, federal health officials found.

By Christina Jedra   
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
May 5, 2022


The Navy’s contamination of its water supply with fuel last year caused approximately 2,000 people to experience symptoms of petroleum exposure, the vast majority of whom were sick for more than a month, according to preliminary results of a survey conducted by federal health officials.

The findings, shared at an Epidemic Intelligence Service conference on Thursday, are among the first statistics to be publicized about the human health impacts of the water contamination crisis. The Navy’s 93,000 water customers around Pearl Harbor were exposed to fuel contamination after two leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facilitylast year.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/red-hill-water-contamination-sickened-some-2000-people-survey-finds/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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