??? Get choke bad kine news fo da local ohana from Red Hill afta da fuel spill back in 2021. All da braddahs and sistahs ova dea, including da military and civilians, went drink and bathe in da fuel kine wata, but now get more mean kine info ?. Da wata get anti-icing agent, and dat stay make some health risk, cuz da state Department of Health (DOH) memo say so. ?
Da compound, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, stay inside da fuel system icing inhibitor. Dey add um to aviation fuels fo no get ice crystals form. ❄️✈️ Da DOH say dis compound not da same kine chemical as da one inside car antifreeze, which stay mo toxic. ?☠️
Da DOH tell da Navy and da Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry dat dey stay worried bout da additives in da jet fuel afta da spill. ?
Get da Red Hill Shaft drinking wata system all pilau from dis anti-icing compound. Da DOH memo from Roger Brewer talk bout how dis icing inhibitor, like diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, “could pose da most significant health risk from exposure to contaminated water.” ???
Tink bout 10,000 households wen get affected by dis jet fuel contamination, and plenny of dem wen get symptoms like vomit, diarrhea, mouth and throat burn, chemical burns, skin rashes, seizures, dizziness, and fainting. ???? Some even say dey pets wen get sick and make die. ??
Da DOH memo wen come out fo da Honolulu Star-Advertiser, cuz da attorneys fo da military ohana wen sue da Navy. Dey wen say da Navy neva tell da families dat da antifreeze stay inside dea wata, but da Navy no agree. ??️
Da ohana dat wen get exposed to da pilau wata say dey still get long-term health problems, and da military no take dea symptoms fo real kine. ⚠️⏰?
Da Navy say dey neva know about da DOH memo until da media wen let um know. But dey still take da safety and health of da community serious, and still stay work wit regulators and Defense Health Agency fo da next step. ???
