[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: Senate letter on Camp Lejeune (NC) studies

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senators support mortality study on Lejeune water contamination

HOPE HODGE
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
December 10, 2009


North Carolina's senators have signed on to a letter challenging the 
Department of the Navy to fund a mortality study on water contaminants 
that thousands believe sickened Camp Lejeune residents several decades ago.

The latest chapter in a fight to prove a causal connection between 
toxins in base drinking water between the 1950s and 1980s and a laundry 
list of uncommon diseases including male breast cancer, the letter, 
signed Wednesday by senators Richard Burr, Kay Hagan and two Florida 
senators, urges the Navy to fully fund the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry's 2010 plan of study on Camp Lejeune, including a 
complete mortality study and a public health survey.

"These studies are integral to a comprehensive understanding of the 
effects stemming from human exposure to the contaminants at Camp 
Lejeune," the letter reads. "We therefore urge to you commit to full 
funding of the ATSDR 2010 Annual Plan of Work without further delay."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jdnews.com/news/-70683--.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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