Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune: Assessing Potential Health Effects
2009

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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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338 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-13699-7
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-13700-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12618

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National Research Council. 2009. Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune: Assessing Potential Health Effects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xx
Public Summary and Context 1-13
Summary 14-22
1 Introduction 23-27
2 Exposure to Contaminants in Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune 28-66
3 Systemic Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds and Factors Influencing Susceptibility to Their Effects 67-89
4 Review of Toxicologic Studies 90-133
5 Review of Epidemiologic Studies 134-164
6 Epidemiologic Studies of Solvent-Contaminated Water Supplies 165-179
7 Integration of Findings from the Toxicologic and Epidemiologic Literature 180-183
8 Studies of the Camp Lejeune Population 184-197
References 198-236
Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune 237-240
Appendix B: Participants at Public Sessions 241-242
Appendix C: Supplemental and Supporting Data for Chapter 2 243-257
Appendix D: Review of Other Chemical Contaminants of Concern 258-271
Appendix E: Details of Epidemiologic Studies on Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene 272-318

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