Dora Barilla will also discuss the health consequences of consuming contaminated drinking water on the individual and the impact of this event on public health overall. Emergency physician and healthcare CEO Dr. Larry McEvoy and public health expert Dr. Speakers for this press conference include BFR Founding Partner and former State of HawaiiAttorney General Margery Bronster and MWA Partner and retired Marine Corps Major Cory R. The press conference hosted by BFR will discuss alleged claims and answer questions regarding potential water contaminants on Oahu. The Navy has not yet been held accountable for claims of severe medical concerns that have arisen as a result of drinking contaminated water. Although the military has been tasked with cleanup, thousands of locals may still have been inadvertently ingesting, bathing in, or cooking with polluted water before the cleanup efforts began.
Many are concerned the pollution may affect much of the island.
Residents who live on or near the base report drinking water that smells like jet fuel and severe side effects from ingesting the water, including several hospitalizations. The leak was also situated a mere 100 feet from the Moanalua-Waimalu aquifer which supplies the water for thousands more. This well supplies drinking water for 93,000 people living on and around the base. The combination United States Navy and Air Force military base at Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Oahu has been the site of a jet fuel and marine diesel leak which has leeched at least 14,000 gallons into the Red Hill Well. The press conference will be livestreamed online on YouTube, Zoom, and Facebook Live. The two firms will be holding a press conference at BFR in Honolulu, HI, on January 19, 2022, at 10 a.m. Local Oahu law firm Bronster Fujichaku Robbins Attorneys at Law (BFR), in partnership with mainland environmental and catastrophic personal injury law firm McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP (MWA), is set to bring a class action against the United States Navy over the severe water contamination at Pearl Harbor-Hickam base on Oahu.
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