Military Families Win in Case over Fuel-Tainted Water from Red Hill Spill in Hawaii

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Military families whose drinking water became contaminated with jet fuel in 2021 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor -Hickam, Hawaii, have won their cases against the U.S. Navy , with a federal judge confirming Thursday that the residents were exposed to an environmental hazard and sickened by it. U.S. District Court Judge Leslie Kobayashi said that under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Navy was liable for the spill at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility near Honolulu and should pay damages for