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It's Lindsay Smith Rogers.

Today, jet fuel spills into the water supply of more than 60,000 people. What are the risks to their health?

That was the question facing a committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Two members of this committee, Professor Andrew Welton of Purdue University and Johns Hopkins Professor Natalie Exam, joined Dr. Josh Sharstein to talk about the spill,

which took place at the Red Hill bulk fuel storage facility on the island of Oahu in Hawaii

in November 2021. Let's listen. Professor Welton, Professor Exum, thank you so much for joining me today,

public health on call, to talk about the Red Hill Water Crisis.

Now, some people who are listening might be thinking, the Red Hill Water Crisis, I've

been thinking about that for months now. I can't believe there's a Public Health on Call

episode. And other people will be thinking, I've never heard of the Red Hill Water Crisis.

So I'm going to first maybe turn to you, Professor Welton,

if you could introduce yourself

and maybe give some of the basic facts

about what happened here.

Great, so thanks for having us.

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