[CPEO-MEF] "Health Agency Chief Resigns After Clash With Marines Over Camp Lejeune [NC] Problems"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Health Agency Chief Resigns After Clash With Marines Over Camp  
Lejeune Problems
Tense email exchanges and a Capitol Hill meeting preceded Tanja  
Popovic's sudden and quiet resignation.

By Mike Magner
National Journal
March 20, 2014

The head of a federal agency that investigates health problems linked  
to toxic-waste sites has stepped down after a clash with former  
Marines who believe their families were harmed by poisoned drinking  
water at Camp Lejeune.

Tanja Popovic's sudden resignation followed a tumultuous seven weeks  
as acting director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease  
Registry, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and  
Prevention, during which she assured West Virginia residents that  
their water was safe to drink after a toxic chemical spill in  
January, questioned the need for a study of cancers that may be  
linked to Camp Lejeune's tainted water, and sent scolding emails to  
aides of lawmakers on Capitol Hill.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/health-agency-chief-resigns- 
after-clash-with-marines-over-camp-lejeune-problems-20140320

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Lenny Siegel
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