[CPEO-MEF] Camp Lejeune (NC) community panel

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Feds, scientists differ on role for community in Lejeune water study

CHRIS MAZZOLINI 
JACKSONVILLE DAILY NEWS (NC)
September 7,2005

The federal agency researching past water contamination aboard Camp Lejeune
wants to form a community panel for further advice - a plan some consider a
step in reserve.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry proposed creating the
five-member panel in its Aug. 26 report - it's a response to a June report
compiled by scientists tasked with examining the feasibility of performing
more studies on those who may have been affected between 1968 and 1985.
During those years, dry cleaning chemicals from sites on and off Camp
Lejeune leaked into the base water supply. The chemicals are suspected of
causing numerous birth defects and other ailments to children born to
parents stationed there at the time.

The affected wells were later capped. They pose no threat to current base
residents.

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