Not Just Fuel: Red Hill Families Drank Antifreeze Too, Lawsuit Says

TL;DR - The Pearl Harbor area residents who drank and showered in fuel-tainted water in 2021 were also exposed to antifreeze, which the Navy used as a fuel additive, according to an amended lawsuit complaint filed on Monday.

More than 90,000 people are estimated to have been impacted when fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill fuel storage facility leaked into the drinking water supply. The Navy has admitted that jet fuel known as JP-5 contaminated the water but has not informed victims about additional ingredients.

March 20, 2023: Not Just Fuel: Red Hill Families Drank Antifreeze Too, Lawsuit Says, Honolulu Civil Beat