[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "Camp Lejeune [NC] Study Finds Higher Cancer Death Risk"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Lejeune Study Finds Higher Cancer Death Risk

By Maggie Fox
NBC News
February 19, 2014

People stationed at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune while the water there was contaminated were more likely to die from several types of cancer, as well as Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to an official government report released Wednesday.

It’s the latest in a series of reports showing the contaminated water at the base seriously affected Marines and their families.

“The study found elevated (risks) at Camp Lejeune for several causes of death including cancers of the kidney, liver, esophagus, cervix, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin lymphoma and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease),” Frank Bove of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and colleagues wrote in their report, published in the online journal Environmental Health.

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For the entire blog, see
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/camp-lejeune-study-finds-higher-cancer-death-risk-n33991

For the original research article, see
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069X-13-10.pdf

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