RED ALERT AT RED HILL: Navy Disaster Poisons Hawaii

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4.8 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in O'ahu, Hawaii. Nobody knows how long residents have been drinking toxic water, how big the chemical leak is, or how many it will impact. But instead of urgent action to save lives, the Navy is engaging in a cover up. Abby Martin and Mike Prysner are joined by Lori Freshwater, journalist and survivor of the Camp Lejeune Navy disaster, to discuss this urgent story. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles // twitter.com/loufreshwater

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Empire Files podcast.
0:11.8	I'm Abby Martin here in studio with Mike Prysner.
0:15.0	As well as a very special guest, I'll be introducing you to in just a moment.
0:19.5	As you know, we're hard at work on our new film, Earth's Greatest Enemy,
0:23.2	about the U.S. military's role as the world's top polluter.
0:27.4	As we've been diving into this topic,
0:29.4	we found a story too urgent to not highlight immediately.
0:33.2	Be sure to go to earth's greatest enemy.com to help us do this work
0:36.7	and sign up on patreon.com
0:38.9	slash empire files for exclusive podcasts.
0:42.8	Today we want to call your attention to an urgent story, an unfolding disaster that everyone
0:48.5	needs to be aware of and push for action.
0:52.0	Right now the drinking water in Honolulu, Hawaii is being poisoned by the
0:55.5	U.S. military, and instead of rushing to save lives, they're engaging in a cover-up. At this moment,
1:02.2	around half a million residents, including service members stationed at Pearl Harbor, have been
1:07.6	drinking water contaminated by dangerous fuel chemicals.
1:11.6	It's all coming from Red Hill, owned and operated by the U.S. Navy.
1:16.6	Here's Hawaii Congressman Kai Kahele on December 2nd
1:20.6	talking about what's emerged over the past several days.
1:24.6	Today, Amanda just texted me, and it's about 6 o'clock in the morning in Hawaii time,
1:28.5	Mr. Chairman, that she went to the Tripler emergency room last night because of a headache and
1:32.8	irritation in her mouth and throat. And her doctor diagnosed her with chemical burns in her
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