Some Camp Lejeune Communities Exposed To Contaminants Longer Than Thought

RALEIGH, N.C.—Certain communities at the Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine Corps base have been exposed to contaminated drinking water for a longer period of time than previously believed, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry said in a recently released report.

That finding was among details in an evaluation of the extent of contamination on a portion of the base the agency included in Chapter C: Occurrence of Selected Contaminants in Groundwater at Installation Restoration Program Sites, dated October 2010. The report is one of several issued by ATSDR regarding contamination on the base.

In 1982, the Marine Corps ...