Press TV: US Base Toxic Water Kills Americans

Prolonged fuel leakage and consequent water contamination at the largest US Marine Corps Base in North Carolina has killed many American military personnel and civilians. For decades, the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune dumped fluids containing toxic chemicals, which leaked into groundwater and eventually contaminated the water distribution system of the base. The camp's water contamination problem existed between 1957 to 1987, during which period the US Marine service members and their families used the contaminated tap water for drinking and bathing. This is while the US military camp did not study the health risks of its water after toxic chemicals were discovered in the early 1980s. The Marine base has also failed to notify Marines and their families, arguing that contacting the 750,000 to 1 million military personnel and civilians who lived at Camp Lejeune during those decades would not be easy. An undetermined number of former base residents later developed cancer or similar serious health problems, which are believed to have been caused by the contaminated drinking water. The victims accuse the US Marine Corps of concealing the information and knowledge about the contamination and failing to act on the issue and notify the former residents of the base of probable health risks. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is currently studying the effects of toxic exposure on former residents of Camp Lejeune, who lived or worked at the Marine base before 1986, and is expected to release its findings in early 2014!