Contaminated water supplies at Camp Lejeune : assessing potential health effects /

In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The water systems were supplied by the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point watertreatment p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009]
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)
Drinking water > Contamination > North Carolina > Camp Lejeune.
Water-supply.
Water > Pollution.
Water Supply
Water Pollution
Water Pollutants
Eau > Approvisionnement.
Polluants de l'eau.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Water-supply
Water > Pollution
Drinking water > Contamination
Ecology
Camp Lejeune (N.C.) > Environmental conditions.
North Carolina.
North Carolina
Caroline du Nord.
North Carolina > Camp Lejeune
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Exposure to contaminants in water supplies at Camp Lejeune
  • Systemic exposures to volatile organic compounds and factors influencing susceptibility to their effects
  • Review of toxicologic studies
  • Review of epidemiologic studies
  • Epidemiologic studies of solvent-contaminated water supplies
  • Integration of findings from the toxicologic and epidemiologic literature
  • Studies of the Camp Lejeune population.

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