Re: Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

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On 1/30/07, CONAN HOLBROOK wrote:
> On 9/10/05, Carol Hill wrote:
>> THE STAND
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> Terry Dyer/Karen Strand
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>> Email: info@watersurvivors.com
>> www.watersurvivors.com
>> I was at Camp in1964 for training
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>> CAMP LEJEUNE, NC RESIDENTS POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO TOXIC
>> CHEMICALS
>> Meetings on Capital Hill with Congressional Leaders
>> Scheduled for September 21-23, 2005
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>> Did you live or work aboard Camp Lejeune, NC from 1964-
>> 1985? Military service personnel and civilian workers
>> who were on base during that time period were potentially
>> exposed to several toxic chemicals in their drinking
> water,
>> groundwater and the soil in certain areas of the base.
>> Main housing areas were confirmed to be contaminated.
>> Chemicals known to cause cancer and other illnesses in
>> humans were present. Chemicals such as trichloroethylene
>> (TCE), tetrachloroethylene(PCE), benzene, dichloroethylene
>> (DCE), methylene chloride and vinyl chloride., among
>> others, along with fuels were released into the water on
>> base. Insecticides were found in the soil in parking lots
>> and play areas.
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>> Hazardous contaminants were found at levels hundreds to
>> thousands of times in excess of the range of health based
>> standards according to tests conducted in 1982 and 1984.
>> As a result, wells were taken offline in 1984 and 1985.
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>> “Camp Lejeune presents a groundwater contamination site of
>> unusually high level of concern,” said Richard Mass, co-
>> director of the Environmental Quality Institute at UNC
>> Ashville and member of an independent panel formed to
>> investigate the contamination of the Marine Base’s water
>> systems. “It became clear to me from my work on the panel
>> that our country had treated these people unfairly,” Maas
>> said.
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>> Members of the group THE STAND, and other representatives
>> of those affected are going to be in Washington, DC,
>> September 21-23, meeting with congressional leaders to
>> discuss the effect of this contamination and to request
>> further investigation and remedies.
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>> The Stand was formed by military dependants affected by
>> the groundwater contamination who saw the need for a
> united
>> front of people who lived at Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot
>> Point . The mission of the group, who’s membership
>> continues to grow since 2002, is to receive justice for
>> civilian, military and dependent peace-keepers that were
>> wounded as a result of toxic chemical poisoning at Camp
>> Lejeune, North Carolina. For more information please visit
>> www.watersurviors.com
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