[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "New [Camp] Lejeune [NC} water contamination report raises concerns"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Lejeune water contamination report raises concerns

By Jannette Pippin
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
March 19, 2015
As Gavin Smith read over a new report released this week from the  
Institute of Medicine, it was what is missing from the document that  
raised his concerns.

The report offers recommendations to improve a draft Veterans Affairs  
clinical guidance document intended to help health care providers  
determine whether a veteran or family member has a medical condition  
covered by legislation established in response to groundwater  
contamination that was documented at Camp Lejeune.

In 2012, Congress passed the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring  
for Camp Lejeune Families Act, which provides hospital care and  
medical services to veterans and family members who have any of the  
15 health conditions associated with use or consumption of the  
contaminated water.

The report states that between 1957 and 1987, the groundwater at Camp  
Lejeune was inadvertently contaminated with chemicals that were later  
found to cause cancer and other health problems.

After a quick glance, Smith noticed the dates. He said there is  
evidence to support a starting date of 1953.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.jdnews.com/news/military/new-lejeune-water-contamination- 
report-raises-concerns-1.452956

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