What progress has ATSDR made on its study of contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune and specific birth defects and childhood cancers?
ATSDR’s study on specific birth defects and childhood cancers includes children born from 1968 through 1985 to mothers who for some time during their pregnancy were exposed to drinking water contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at Camp Lejeune. The study looks at whether these children have increased risk for specific birth defects and childhood cancers. Participants were interviewed in spring/summer 2005 about where they lived at Camp Lejeune, their medical history, and their personal habits. Currently ATSDR is also completing its water modeling of the base. Water modeling is a scientific method that will help ATSDR estimate water-system conditions prior to March 1987. Water modeling will help identify where and when certain areas at Camp Lejeune received VOC-contaminated drinking water. We will use the water modeling results to determine which mothers were exposed to contaminated water. The study on specific birth defects and childhood cancers should be completed in 20
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