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January 12, 2022

U.S. Navy to Stop Operations at Hawaiian Fuel Facility Which Sickened Military Families
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The U.S. Navy has finally agreed to an order from state officials in
Hawaii to drain a massive underground storage facility near the Pearl
Harbor Navy base following a large leak. State health officials recently
found petroleum levels 350 times the safe limit in a water system that
serves over 90,000 families near Pearl Harbor. Navy leaders were grilled
about the water contamination during a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Military families had demanded action after getting sick from drinking
the water, with some having to be hospitalized.


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