Re: Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

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On 6/12/07, Denisha Payne wrote:
> On 1/30/07, CONAN HOLBROOK wrote:
>> On 9/10/05, Carol Hill wrote:
>>> THE STAND
>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>> Terry Dyer/Karen Strand
>>
>>> Email: info@watersurvivors.com
>>> www.watersurvivors.com
>>>
>>>
>>> CAMP LEJEUNE, NC RESIDENTS POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO TOXIC
>>> CHEMICALS
>>> Meetings on Capital Hill with Congressional Leaders
>>> Scheduled for September 21-23, 2005
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> “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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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