Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune
eBook - ePub

Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune

Assessing Potential Health Effects

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eBook - ePub

Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune

Assessing Potential Health Effects

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About this book

In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The water systems were supplied by the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point watertreatment plants, which served enlisted-family housing, barracks for unmarried service personnel, base administrative offices, schools, and recreational areas. The Hadnot Point water system also served the base hospital and an industrial area and supplied water to housing on the Holcomb Boulevard water system (full-time until 1972 and periodically thereafter).This book examines what is known about the contamination of the water supplies at Camp Lejeune and whether the contamination can be linked to any adverse health outcomes in former residents and workers at the base.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780309143691
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE ON CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE
  4. BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY1
  5. OTHER REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Contents
  9. BOXES, FIGURES, AND TABLES
  10. Public Summary and Context
  11. Summary
  12. 1 Introduction
  13. 2 Exposure to Contaminants in Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune
  14. 3 Systemic Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds and Factors Influencing Susceptibility to Their Effects
  15. 4 Review of Toxicologic Studies
  16. 5 Review of Epidemiologic Studies
  17. 6 Epidemiologic Studies of Solvent-Contaminated Water Supplies
  18. 7 Integration of Findings from the Toxicologic and Epidemiologic Literature
  19. 8 Studies of the Camp Lejeune Population
  20. References
  21. Appendix A Biographic Information on the Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune
  22. Appendix B Participants at Public Sessions
  23. Appendix C Supplemental and Supporting Data for Chapter 2
  24. Appendix D Review of Other Chemical Contaminants of Concern
  25. Appendix E Details of Epidemiologic Studies on Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene