A May 29, 2009 report from a Tampa newspaper notes that Marines for years drank, bathed and cooked with polluted water. The polluting chemicals were dumped by a dry cleaner and the Marine Corps itself. The report claims the contamination was discovered in 1980 yet 4 years passted before the wells were closed. The contamination was been called the largest mass exposure to a single bad water supply in the nation’s history. There are surely many medical sequalae to the exposure.
As such, anyone living or working at Camp Lejuene (1987 or before) – the Marine Corps is planning a health study, or call 877-261-9782.
A private web site has additional information.
Concern is raised for those near the base who may have also been exposed via seepage to larger groundwater systems. The beauty of a blog is how can evolve. I’ll ask if and how others may also be victims of the exposure, and then post the information.
Filed under: Climate Change, Environment & Health, Mental Health, The Doctor's Ear, water pollution | Tagged: Camp Lejuene polluted water, ecosystem safety, groundwater pollution, tetrachloroethylene (PCE), toxic water, trichloroethylene (TCE), US Marine Corp base, water pollution
