Saturday, February 20, 2010
There is a potential senator somewhere in the Navy
The Marines dumped poisons into the water supply for years. They were aware of the problem since 1984 when they shut down the poisoned wells. Now that the public knows about this, the Navy's response is:
The Navy has agreed to pay $1.53 million for a mortality study that could show a linkage between toxic water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and the deaths of Marines and their family members who lived there over a 30-year period.No need to rush into these things.
Some estimates are that during that time, as many as 1 million people were exposed to well water at the base that contained trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, benzene and vinyl chloride.
The chemicals were dumped into storm drains, leaked from fuel tanks or were buried in pits across the base. They seeped through the groundwater and into wells that fed the base areas of Hadnot Point and Tarawa Terrace.
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