Community health impacts after a jet fuel leak contaminated a drinking water system: Oahu, Hawaii, November 2021.
Shanna MikoAlex R PoniatowskiAlyssa N TroeschelDiana J FeltonShireen BanerjiMichele L F BolducAlvin C BronsteinAlyson M CavanaughCharles EdgeAbigail L GatesMadeline JarvisNicole A MintzVidisha ParasramJamie RaymanAmanda R SmithJared C WagnerBenjamin G GerhardsteinMaureen F OrrPublished in: Journal of water and health (2023)
This event led to widespread exposure to petroleum products and negatively affected thousands of people. Follow-up health surveys or interventions should give special consideration to longer-term physical and mental health, especially children due to their unique sensitivity to environmental exposures.