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Navy report: Multiple errors poisoned Pearl Harbor water

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Jet fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility leaked into a well that supplied water to housing and offices. Some 6,000 people suffered nausea, headaches, rashes and other symptoms. Navy report details series of missteps and failures that led to the fuel contamination of the Navy's water system. May 6 spill was believed to involve only a small release. But it actually involved more than 20,000 gallons, a fact that wasn't discovered until the Nov. 20 incident.

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Multiple errors led to poisoned Pearl Harbor tap water, Navy report says

The fuel leak poisoned thousands of people and forced military families to evacuate their homes for hotels last year.

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Navy Report: Multiple Errors Poisoned Pearl Harbor Water

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Navy investigation released Thursday revealed that shoddy management and human error caused fuel to leak into Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year, poisoning thousands of people and forcing military families to evacuate their homes for hotels. The investigation is the first detailed account of how jet fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage...

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