Why did the GAO evaluate the Camp Lejeune water contamination?
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 its 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.
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