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5 US Service Members Sue Federal Government over Fuel Contamination from Red Hill Spill in Hawaii

Navy Diver 2nd Class Shane Cone, assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1, prepares to deploy a boom designed to prevent contaminants from potentially entering the pump system at the Red Hill well as part of well recovery efforts.

Five active-duty military personnel, including an Army colonel, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the federal government over their exposure to jet fuel in the drinking water of their on-base homes in Hawaii in 2021. The group is suing for damages over illnesses they say they endured after drinking and bathing in the water, which was […]