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Article: Feds, scientists differ on role for community in Lejeune water study.
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- Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)
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- September 7, 2005
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Byline: Chris Mazzolini
Sep. 7--The federal agency researching past water contamination aboard Camp Lejeune wants to form a community panel for further advice -- a plan some consider a step in reserve.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry proposed creating the five-member panel in its Aug. 26 report -- it's a response to a June report compiled by scientists tasked with examining the feasibility of performing more studies on those who may have been affected between 1968 and 1985.
During those years, dry cleaning chemicals from sites on and off Camp Lejeune leaked into the base water supply. The chemicals are suspected of causing ...