Scientists find Camp Lejeune water contamination went back to 1953

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/01/18/180388/scientists-find-camp-lejeune-water.html

Scientists find Camp Lejeune water contamination went back to 1953
By Franco Ordonez | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Friday, January 18, 2013

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials have determined that water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune exceeded safe levels as far back as August 1953, four years earlier than previous findings.

The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry also found that water had been contaminated at two additional water distribution systems on the base.

“This a big deal,” said Jerry Ensminger, a retired Marine master sergeant who was stationed at Lejeune and whose daughter died of a rare form of leukemia in 1985 at age 9. “You’re talking tens of thousands of more people being exposed.”

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President Barack Obama signed the Camp Lejeune law in August. It provides health care for people who lived or worked at the base from 1957 to 1987 and have a condition listed within the bill that is linked to exposure to dangerous chemicals. Now, those who lived or worked on the base starting in 1953 should also be eligible.

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1. Watched SemperFi: Always Faithful hosted by Lawrence O'Donell last year

Good to see Obama is helping the people effected by this preventable tragedy at least get health care....