Camp Lejeune Water Study
Jun 19, 2008
June 18, 2008 - The Marine Corps is concerned about your health. We ENCOURAGE all former Marines, family members and civilian employees who resided or worked aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between 1957 and 1987 to REGISTER with the Marine Corps for information regarding past water quality.
https://clnr.hqi.usmc.mil/clsurvey/
This is a huge number of people involved here!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
500,000 at Camp LeJeune may have been exposed to tainted water
MONEY DISPUTE THREATENS TOXIC TAP WATER STUDYMay 28, Associated Press – ( North Carolina )
Money dispute threatens toxic tap water study. Continuation of a long-running government study on whether contaminated water harmed babies at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, hinges on a half-million-dollar payment that is due Sunday. The Marines estimate that 500,000 Camp LeJeune residents may have been exposed to the tainted water, including thousands of Vietnam-bound Marines. Federal health investigators estimate the number is higher.
The U.S. health agency conducting the study, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, said its research would be jeopardized if the Navy does not pay $522,000 to keep the study going beyond Sunday.
Health problems blamed on Camp LeJeune ’s contaminated water were the focus of reporting by the Associated Press in June 2007 and congressional oversight hearings.Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOPLMk2PMrFDcjIp0O5qJUQyEvwQD90UHMF00
This made the news a year ago and now they are finally pushing for Marines to contact them? I posted this a year ago on my other blog.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
75,000 Marines, families exposed to toxic tap water
Camp Lejeune water pollution, cancer link investigatedPOSTED: 8:13 p.m. EDT, June 12, 2007
Story Highlights
• 75,000 Marines, families exposed to toxic tap water, health official said
• Chemicals in water may be carcinogens
• Children on based have had cancer and other disorders
• 850 former Camp Lejeune residents have filed legal claims
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some 75,000 Marines and their families at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were exposed to toxic tap water that may have caused cancer and birth defects, a federal health official testified Tuesday.Results of a new study of the base's water were released Tuesday, the same day lawmakers heard emotional testimony from families who were affected by the water, which contained 40 times the amount of toxins considered safe by today's standards.Camp Lejeune's water supply was polluted from 1957 until 1987 by TCE, a degreasing solvent, and PCE, a dry cleaning agent. The chemicals apparently came from a dry cleaning store near the base, according to the government.The substances are possible carcinogens.
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To find out more information about the Camp Lejeune toxic water contamination, please visit the website of The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten at www.tftptf.com. TFTPTF has an illness registry, historical documents library, map, photo gallery and discussion board on their site. The site was formed by 2 Marines & their families who were exposed to the tainted water.
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