[CPEO-MEF] Camp Lejeune (NC) amendment approved

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate OKs base water investigation

CHRIS MAZZOLINI
JACKSONVILLE DAILY NEWS (NC)
June 24,2006

A Senate amendment that passed Thursday may force the National Academy 
of Sciences to thoroughly investigate Camp Lejeune's past water 
contamination and report their findings back to Congress.

For the far-flung community of people who claim to have been made ill by 
bad base water, that unanimous vote spells relief at last.

"I think I literally screamed (when I found out)," said Terry Dyer, 
whose group "The Stand" has been fighting for six years through 
bureaucratic sludge for answers. "It's like something good has finally 
started coming out of this thing."

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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