Title Contaminated water supplies at Camp Lejeune : assessing potential health effects / Committee on Contaminated Drinking water at Camp Lejeune, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009]

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xviii, 318 pages)) : illustrations Series Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Introduction -- Exposure to contaminants in water supplies at Camp Lejeune -- Systemic exposures to volatile organic compounds and factors influencing susceptibility to their effects -- Review of toxicologic studies -- Review of epidemiologic studies -- Epidemiologic studies of solvent-contaminated water supplies -- Integration of findings from the toxicologic and epidemiologic literature -- Studies of the Camp Lejeune population Summary 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 Notes Title from PDF title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This project was supported by Contract W81K04-07-C-0005 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of the Navy. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project Version viewed September 23, 2014 SUBJECT Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Subject Drinking water -- Contamination -- North Carolina -- Camp Lejeune Water-supply. Water -- Pollution. Water Supply Water Pollution Water Pollutants TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply. Water-supply Water -- Pollution Drinking water -- Contamination Ecology SUBJECT Camp Lejeune (N.C.) -- Environmental conditions North Carolina. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007042 North Carolina Subject North Carolina North Carolina -- Camp Lejeune Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune, issuing body. LC no. 2010487181 ISBN 9780309136990 0309136997 9780309137003 0309137004 1282272632 9781282272637

  Permalink