Jet fuel spills at Diego Garcia polluted soil and groundwater over decades
Evidence
At Diego Garcia, to mention just one example, four separate incidents between 1984 and 1998 spilled more than 1.3 million gallons of jet fuel, polluting soil and groundwater. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 395
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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- Diego Garcia base construction destroyed reef and wildlife habitat at vast scale (similarity 0.81)
- Base construction destroyed Diego Garcia’s reef and forest and leaked radioactivity and Agent Orange. (similarity 0.79)