[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: Camp Lejeune (NC) legislation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxins in Camp Lejeune water 30 years ago still a problem

Barbara Barrett
McClatchy Newspapers
January 28, 2010

WASHINGTON - Families of Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., three 
decades ago might receive a sliver of military-sponsored health care to 
address diseases caused by drinking and bathing in toxic water.

Legislation passed by a key Senate committee Thursday would require the 
Department of Defense to offer health care to spouses, children and 
other family members who were exposed to contaminated water at the base 
in the 1970s and '80s.

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., opposed the bill, saying it takes the 
wrong approach and will unfairly give false hope to thousands of 
struggling families.

He and U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., have co-sponsored a competing bill 
that makes the Veterans Affairs department responsible for health care. 
They say the VA would do a better job.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/environment/story/83272.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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