More than a dozen military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water

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A trial for a mass environmental injury case is starting more than two years after a U.S. military fuel tank facility under ground poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor's drinking water. The 17 plaintiffs represent more than 7,500 others, including service members.

Richelle Dietz fills up a bowl of water from the water dispensary at her home on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Dietz family relies on bi-weekly water deliveries for basic needs since their water was tainted in 2021. I Richelle Dietz holds an empty five-gallon water bottle at her home in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Dietz family relies on bi-weekly water deliveries for basic needs since their water was tainted in 2021.

According to court documents, the U.S. government has admitted the Nov. 20, 2021, spill at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility caused a nuisance for the plaintiffs, that the United States “breached its duty of care” and that the plaintiffs suffered compensable injuries. The plaintiffs have submitted declarations describing how the water crisis sickened them and left them with ongoing health problems, including seizures, asthma, eczema and vestibular dysfunction.Maui officials push back on some details in Hawaii attorney general report on deadly wildfireNastasia Freeman, wife of a Navy lieutenant and mother of three, described how the family thought their vomiting and diarrhea was Thanksgiving food poisoning.

 

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