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The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. During that time, United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and families at the base bathed in and ingested tap water contaminated with harmful chemicals at all concentrations from 240 to 3,400 times current safe levels.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune [1] ( / ləˈʒɜːrn / luh-ZHERN or / ləˈʒuːn / luh-ZHOON) [2] [3] is a 246-square-mile (640-square-kilometer) [4] United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Its 14 miles (23 kilometers) of beaches make the base a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location ...
December 1, 2023 at 2:16 AM. MASHPEE — A new study detailing the scope of so-called “forever chemicals” in private groundwater wells near military bases across the country has found 17 wells ...
George, a Marine who served at Camp Lejeune, died of leukemia in July 2010. Diaz blames the base's contaminated water for his death. George Diaz died in July 2010, and Kristin is now certain he ...
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install two more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from so-called forever chemicals, U.S. Rep ...
About 15,000 people live and work at the fort and obtain drinking water from wells in close proximity to contaminated source areas. The Chena River also runs through the contaminated area of Fort Wainwright. National priorities listing. In August 1990 Fort Wainwright was registered on the national priorities list as a Superfund.
November 10, 2023 at 6:51 AM. (Reuters) - Cancer and mortality studies conducted by a U.S. health agency have found elevated cancer rates in military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at ...