{"id":2164270,"date":"2024-01-31T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-study-cancers-linked-to-tainted-water-at-camp-lejeune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:38:01","slug":"cdc-study-cancers-linked-to-tainted-water-at-camp-lejeune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-study-cancers-linked-to-tainted-water-at-camp-lejeune\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Study: Cancer Linked to Contaminated Water at Camp Lejeune"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-study-cancers-linked-to-tainted-water-at-camp-lejeune%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2164270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In a Feb. \u206327, 2013 file \u2064photo, a \u200dsign cautions \u2062visitors outside \u200da \u201cpump and treat\u201d facility\u200b on the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Military \u200cpersonnel\u200c stationed at\u2062 Camp Lejeune from 1975 \u200bto 1985 had at least a\u2064 20% higher risk for a number\u2062 of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in a \u200clong-awaited study \u2063of the North\u2062 Carolina \u2063base\u2019s contaminated drinking water. (AP Photo\/Allen \u2062Breed, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>2:29 \u2063PM \u2013 Wednesday, January \u206231, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>A\u200d New Study Reveals More Cancers Linked to Tainted Water \u2062at Camp Lejeune<\/h2>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200d a new government study, individuals who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune in North \u200cCarolina in the middle of the 1970s and 1980s, \u2062both\u200c military and civilian, had \u200ca \u2062higher chance of receiving \u200da cancer diagnosis than those who were stationed \u200dat a comparable\u2062 military \u200cbase in the\u200c United States \u2062during\u2062 the same time.<\/p>\n<p>A longer list of requirements for which veterans and civilian employees of the \u2062base may be eligible for government compensation may result from \u200cthe study.<\/p>\n<p>From 1953 to 1985, drinking water at Camp Lejeune was highly contaminated with\u2062 several industrial chemicals that cause cancer, such as vinyl chloride, benzene, and trichloroethylene, or TCE. <\/p>\n<p>Drinking the water,\u200c inhaling steam from the \u200cshower,\u2064 or even\u200d just\u2064 washing their \u200chands, hundreds of \u200cthousands of Marines and Navy personnel and\u2064 civilian workers at \u200cthe base unintentionally \u200ccame into contact with the \u2063chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200d earlier\u200d research, there was a 70% increased risk \u2064of developing\u200b Parkinson\u2019s disease and\u200c a higher risk of dying from specific blood and organ\u2064 cancers in those exposed to the tainted water. Concerns of infertility\u2062 and birth defects in those exposed \u200bhave also been raised.<\/p>\n<p>The new research was launched by the CDC in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>David Savitz, a Brown University disease researcher \u2063who is\u2062 consulting for plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys in Camp\u200d Lejeune-related litigation, stated that the study is \u201cquite impressive\u201d \u2063but cannot be final\u200d proof \u200dthat the tainted drinking water causes the cancers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is not\u2063 something we\u2019re going to \u2064be able to resolve definitively,\u201d he said. \u201cWe \u2063are talking about exposures that happened (decades \u2062ago) that were \u200bnot well documented.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Agency for\u2062 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has reportedly done a half-dozen studies focused on the \u200bhealth problems\u2062 at Camp\u2062 Lejeune. <\/p>\n<p>The ATSDR examined cancer \u200bin roughly 211,000 individuals who were stationed or employed at\u200d Camp Lejeune between\u2063 1975 and \u20621985 and contrasted them \u2063with approximately 224,000 individuals at Camp Pendleton in California, which was \u2064not known to have contaminated groundwater, during\u200c the same time period.<\/p>\n<p>Senior epidemiologist Frank Bove oversaw the most recent \u200dstudy and has long \u2063headed the agency\u2019s Camp Lejeune\u200d research program. He counted on personnel at Battelle Memorial Institute\u2063 and \u2062other institutions to search national cancer registries for cases associated with either base.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Clapp, a Boston University emeritus public health professor who has been \u200cinvolved in past Camp \u200dLejeune research, About 12,000 malignant cancers \u200cwere discovered in each group, which\u2063 is comparable \u2062to the other. <\/p>\n<p>However, Clapp stated that \u2063for several \u2063particular cancer types, the numbers\u2014and the relative risks derived from those numbers\u2014were higher\u2064 in \u200cthe Camp Lejeune population.<\/p>\n<p>President\u200c Joe Biden incorporated language addressing the concerns of individuals\u200c who have experienced specific \u2063health \u2063issues \u200dthat they believe are related to the \u200bwater contamination at Camp Lejeune into a federal law that was \u2063signed \u2062in August\u200c 2022 that \u2063allowed them to make claims within a two-year period.<\/p>\n<p>According to the new study, thyroid cancer \u2062might be added to the list of illnesses that Camp Lejeune staff\u200c members\u200d and their families may<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 new study is \u200dnow \u2062being submitted for publication. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Both military personnel and civilian employees stationed at the base had a higher likelihood \u2064of receiving a cancer diagnosis compared \u200dto \u2064those stationed at a comparable \u2062military \u200cbase in the United States during the same time period. This groundbreaking study may lead to an expanded list of eligibility requirements for government compensation for veterans and civilian employees of the base.<\/p>\n<p>For over three decades, from 1953 to 1985, the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was\u2064 heavily contaminated with industrial chemicals known to cause cancer, such as vinyl \u2062chloride, benzene, and trichloroethylene\u200d (TCE). The exposure to these chemicals occurred not only through drinking the water but also through inhaling steam from showers and \u200deven simple\u200b activities like washing\u200d hands. Hundreds of\u2062 thousands of Marines, \u2062Navy personnel, and civilian workers\u2064 unintentionally came into contact with these harmful substances.<\/p>\n<p>Previous research has already \u200cestablished a 70% \u200bincreased risk of developing \u2062Parkinson\u2019s disease\u2062 and a\u200c higher risk of dying from specific blood and organ cancers among those exposed to the tainted\u2062 water. Concerns regarding infertility and birth defects among the exposed population have also been raised.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u2062(CDC) launched a \u2064new research project to examine the health consequences \u2063of the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The\u2062 recently released study, overseen by the Agency for Toxic Substances\u2062 and Disease Registry (ATSDR), focused on approximately \u200b211,000 individuals \u200dwho\u200d were stationed or employed at \u200bCamp Lejeune between\u2064 1975\u200d and 1985. These findings were \u2064contrasted with data from around 224,000\u2062 individuals at Camp Pendleton in California, which did not have \u200bknown groundwater contamination during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>While the study is considered &#8220;impressive&#8221; by David Savitz, a disease researcher from Brown University who\u2062 is consulting for plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys in Camp Lejeune-related litigation, it does \u2063not offer definitive proof that the tainted drinking water was \u200bthe\u2064 direct cause of the cancers. Savitz acknowledges the challenge of resolving an issue that occurred decades ago, with limited documentation\u2064 of the exposures.<\/p>\n<p>The study conducted by the\u2062 ATSDR is not the first to investigate the\u2063 health problems associated with Camp Lejeune. The \u200cagency has reportedly conducted several studies on the issue. Senior epidemiologist Frank Bove oversaw the most recent \u200bstudy, which compared cancer rates between individuals at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton. Approximately 12,000 malignant cancers were discovered in each group, indicating comparable rates. However, for specific cancer types, the Camp Lejeune population exhibited higher numbers and relative risks.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the concerns\u200c of affected individuals, President Joe Biden included language in a federal law signed in August 2022 that allows\u200d them to make claims related to water contamination at Camp Lejeune within a two-year period. According to the new study, thyroid cancer may now be added to \u2064the list of eligible illnesses for\u200b Camp Lejeune staff \u200band their families.<\/p>\n<p>The findings of the new study are currently being submitted \u2064for publication, and further actions and assistance might \u2062be implemented in response to the \u200dstudy&#8217;s \u2062results. It is important to stay informed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-qatar-agree-to-prevent-iran-from-accessing-6b-fund\/\" title=\"U.S. and Qatar unite to block Iran's access to B fund.\">receive \u2063breaking news updates<\/a> on this issue\u2062 to ensure that affected individuals receive\u200c the support and compensation they deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal health officials reported that military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 faced a 20% higher risk of various cancers compared to those stationed elsewhere. 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