2013 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:59:05 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "drinking water contamination at NC's Camp Lejeune could date to 1948"
 
Report says drinking water contamination at NC's Camp Lejeune could date to 1948

By Associated Press
March 14, 2013

RALEIGH, N.C. - Drinking water contamination at North Carolina's sprawling Camp Lejeune military base could date to 1948, five years earlier than researchers had reported previously, a federal report indicates.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry plans to release a report Friday on the contamination that has led to a long-running dispute between former residents and the Marines Corps.

TCE, an industrial solvent now known as a human carcinogen, likely first exceeded the maximum contaminant level in August 1953, but evidence shows its presence in the water supply might date as far back as November 1948, the report states. A copy of the report was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

"Basically, it's vindication and confirmation for what I've been saying for nearly 16 years," said retired Marine Staff Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, a leader in a protracted fight for information about the contamination. "The truth is finally coming out."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/apnewsbreak- key-report-says-contamination-of-camp-lejeune-drinking-water-could- date-to-1948/2013/03/14/d050444a-8cdf-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html

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To download the ATSDR report, go to
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lejeune/hadnotpoint.html

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