Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp LeJeune: Assessing Potential Health Effects (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309136990)

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.

Author: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxic
ISBN-10: 0309136997
ISBN-13: 9780309136990
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 338
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.30w x 0.10d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 76