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Pearl Harbor families are alarmed about petroleum found in their tap water

This photo shows a tunnel inside the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2018. The state of Hawaii says a laboratory has detected petroleum product in a water sample from an elementary school near Pearl Harbor. The news comes amid heightened concerns that fuel from the massive Navy storage facility may contaminate Oahu

The Navy’s water system somehow became contaminated by petroleum, and the problems have afflicted one of the most important Navy bases in the world.

(Image credit: AP)

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This photo shows a tunnel inside the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2018. The state of Hawaii says a laboratory has detected petroleum product in a water sample from an elementary school near Pearl Harbor. The news comes amid heightened concerns that fuel from the massive Navy storage facility may contaminate Oahu

The Navy’s water system somehow became contaminated by petroleum, and the problems have afflicted one of the most important Navy bases in the world.

(Image credit: AP)

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