[CPEO-MEF] PESTICIDES: "Dozens Of Military Families Are Suing" in Hawai'i

[Lenny Siegel]

Dozens Of Military Families Are Suing Over Pesticide Concerns
Two Hawaii development companies are trying to stop the lawyers for one former client from representing other plaintiffs.

By Anita Hofschneider
Honolulu Civil Beat
November 3, 2016

It’s been more than a year since the Hawaii Department of Health urged developer Forest City Residential Management to test the soil near homes on Marine Corps Base Hawaii on windward Oahu for possible pesticide contamination.

The soil sampling still hasn’t happened.

But 44 military families have filed five separate lawsuits against Forest City and its former subsidiary Ohana Military Communities, now owned by developer Hunt Companies, contending that the firms failed to disclose pesticide contamination near their homes.

Residents have raised concerns about health problems that they fear are linked to possible pesticide contamination of the surface soil surrounding their homes.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/11/dozens-of-military-families-are-suing-over-pesticide-concerns/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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