United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-05-11 monographic deposited born digital 81 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-276 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276 P0b002ee180387ebc f:d07276 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276 GAO-07-276 Birth defects Cancer Cancer research Chemical agents Chemical exposure Chemicals Contaminants Contamination Environmental monitoring Health hazards Investigations by federal agencies Naval bases Potable water Public health Volatile organic compounds Water pollution Water pollution control Camp Lejeune (NC) EPA National Priorities List Other Written Product A69492 In the early 1980s, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were discovered in some of the water systems serving housing areas on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Exposure to certain VOCs may cause adverse health effects, including cancer. In 1999, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) began a study to examine whether individuals who were exposed in utero to the contaminated drinking water are more likely to have developed certain childhood cancers or birth defects. ATSDR has projected a December 2007 completion date for the study. The National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2005 required GAO to report on past drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune. In this report GAO describes (1) efforts to identify and address the past contamination, (2) activities resulting from concerns about possible adverse health effects and government actions related to the past contamination, and (3) the design of the current ATSDR study, including the study's population, time frame, selected health effects, and the reasonableness of the projected completion date. GAO reviewed documents, interviewed officials and former residents, and contracted with the National Academy of Sciences to convene an expert panel to assess the design of the current ATSDR study. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276.pdf GAO-07-276 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-276 Other Written Product GAO-07-276; Defense Health Care: Activities Related to Past Drinking Water Contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune; Birth defects Cancer Cancer research Chemical agents Chemical exposure Chemicals Contaminants Contamination Environmental monitoring Health hazards Investigations by federal agencies Naval bases Potable water Public health Volatile organic compounds Water pollution Water pollution control Camp Lejeune (NC) EPA National Priorities List Volume 60 Page 842 60 Stat. 842 Volume 88 Page 1660 Volume 88 Page 1896 88 Stat. 1660 88 Stat. 1896 Volume 94 Page 2767 94 Stat. 2767 Volume 100 Page 1613 100 Stat. 1613 Volume 118 Page 1811 118 Stat. 1811 Public Law 93-579 Public Law 99-499