Poisoned Patriots
Did you live or work at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune 1987 or before? If so, please click here to register with the Marine Corps or call the Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water Call Center at 877-261-9782, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.
ToxFAQs for Trichloroethylene (TCE)
US Can't Back Cancer Assurances to Marines
In an about-face, the government has disavowed a 12-year-old federal report that found little or no cancer risk for adults who lived at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where drinking water was contaminated for three decades.
Up to a million people could have been exposed to toxins that seeped from a neighboring dry cleaner and industrial activity at Lejeune, federal officials say. Now, a report that minimized the cancer threat for adults has been discredited.
US Can't Back Cancer Assurances to Marines
