Re: Marines Open Camp LeJeune Investigation

[Stella Bourassa <Stellalogic@cfl.rr.com>]

I hope I'm not being premature to give kudos to the Marine Corps for
creating a panel to investigate Camp LeJeune's contaminated groundwater.
Let's hope they 'put out the SOS' to ALL who have served on that base during
this time and that it will lead to 'more than this 5 year period'.  More so,
that they 'aggressively' expedite this investigation, unlike the 'others'
stating 'it taking years' to fully uncover 'the truth' with their
investigations and panels.

Stella
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Subject: Marines Open Camp LeJeune Investigation


> The following article can be viewed online at:
> http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_water_031104,00.html
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> MILITARY.COM
> Marines Open Camp LeJeune Investigation
> United Press International
> March 11, 2004,
>
> WASHINGTON - The Marine Corps Wednesday created a panel to investigate
> decisions made in closing polluted drinking water wells at Camp LeJeune,
> N.C., from 1980 to 1985.
>
> Contaminated drinking water may have caused birth defects and childhood
> cancers in children born to mothers at the Marine Corps base between
> 1968 and 1985, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
> Prevention.
>
> The wells were first discovered to be contaminated during routine
> testing in 1982. All polluted wells were shut down by 1985.
>
> The panel will include former Congressman Ronald Packard of California;
> former Assistant Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Richard Hearney, and
> former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Robert Pirie Jr.
>
> A CDC survey of 12,600 children born to mothers pregnant on base during
> the 17 year period found 103 specific childhood cancers and birth
> defects. The CDC opened an investigation into the possible link to
> drinking water, a study that will be completed in 2006.
>
> The children variously suffered from anencephaly, spina bifida, cleft
> lip, cleft palate, childhood leukemia or childhood lymphoma.
>
> The contaminated wells were found to contain two compounds --
> trichloroethylene, which is generally used to degrease metal parts, and
> tetrachloroethylene, also known as perchloroethylene, a dry-cleaning
> solvent.
>
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