[CPEO-MEF] Camp Lejeune science panel

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Experts share ideas for bad-water study 

CHRIS MAZZOLINI 
JACKSONVILLE DAILY NEWS (NC) 
February 18, 2005 

ATLANTA - An independent panel of seven expert scientists - from
epidemiologists to toxicologists - convened Thursday for the first of a
two-day deliberation about the possible need for further study of water
contamination at Camp Lejeune. 

While no decisions were made yet, there was plenty of talk on how to
make better ones in the future. 

That came as a great relief to the dozen or so people who attended the
meeting - people from all over the country who share scars from their
days at Camp Lejeune. 

During the all-day meeting, the panel listened to the stories of people
whose lives had been impacted by the possible ill-effects of
contaminated drinking water. Panelists bounced around ideas about what
issues needed further examination and gave the Agency of Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) plenty of pointers on how to
gain the trust and support of the affected people and communities. 

Some of the areas considered as focuses for further study include adult
cancers and mortality, heart defects, frequency of hospital visits,
neurological affects and autoimmune diseases. 

Richard Maas, a panel member and environmental scientist from the
University of North Carolina at Asheville, said that while studying all
of these issues at once would be impossible, it does not mean some good
can't be gained from looking into at least some of them. 

"We all probably agree that to do a complete study is probably not
feasible," Maas said. "This does not have to be an all or nothing. Why
don't we look at some other things that we could do a pretty good job
at? Perhaps we can just do as good a job as we can within the
constraints that we might have. That seems a better approach than doing
nothing." 

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Lenny Siegel
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