Congress seeks more records on Camp Lejeune tainted water

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Congress seeks more records on Camp Lejeune tainted water
By Barbara Barrett | McClatchy Newspaper
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators sent more letters this week as they continue their probe into past water contamination at the Marines' Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The oversight panel on the House Science and Technology Committee seeks documents going back decades from private contractors, the Environmental Protection Agency and officials at a federal science agency.

The letters request information about fuel spills at a centrally located underground tank farm, correspondence about the contamination and a list of documents that the Marines gave scientists who were trying to understand the impact of the toxic water.

Also this week, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus responded to an earlier request for documents from Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., the chairman of the oversight subcommittee.

Miller said earlier this month that it appeared that the Navy, which includes the Marine Corps, hadn't produced documents that federal scientists needed to conduct accurate health studies about the contamination.


Rest of article at: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/19/90715/lejeune-water-probe-panel-seeks.html



unhappycamper comment: Military pollution at Atsugi incinerator, the Iraq burn pits, and Lejeune's water supply are just the tip of the iceberg. The military will fight this the same way bushCo fought torture at Abu Gharib - ignore it, destroy evidence and hope it goes away.