HONOLULU — Greater than two dozen households have joined a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Navy of constructing them sick from jet gas that leaked into the faucet water of their Hawaii properties.
There are actually greater than 100 individuals in an amended lawsuit filed Thursday that additionally accuses the Navy of destroying greater than 1,000 water samples collected from affected properties.
The households say within the lawsuit the samples may have revealed chemical compounds within the water.
Navy spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. James Adams mentioned the Navy does not touch upon present litigation.
A gas storage facility within the hills above Pearl Harbor leaked petroleum into the Navy’s faucet water system final yr and sickened almost 6,000 individuals, principally these residing in navy housing.
The lawsuit was initially filed in August with 4 households alleging the Navy hasn’t totally disclosed the scope of the contamination and hasn’t supplied acceptable medical care to those that are sick.
The lawsuit mentioned the Navy continues to say households will not be sick from the jet gas publicity.
The Hawaii Division of Well being ordered the Navy to shutter the ability after the spill.
The navy just lately mentioned it completed draining three pipelines and expects to complete draining the tanks in 2024.
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