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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