Why weren adults considered for the ATSDR study?
I know a lot of adults who are sick and were there at that time drinking contaminated water. In general, ATSDR found that our estimates of VOC exposure at Camp Lejeune were several thousand times lower than levels of concern in animal studies. They were also hundreds of times lower than levels linked to health effects found in workplace studies. More scientific information is available on health effects linked with VOC exposure in adults than on children. VOCs (TCE, PCE, methylene chloride and vinyl chloride) have been well studied in animals. There are also many reports of workplace exposures to these chemicals at high levels. There are also reports of people exposed to these VOCs in drinking water by accident. ATSDR reviewed this information. We compared it to estimates of what people at Camp Lejeune drank and breathed (from showering). We made conclusions about health effects in adults based on the clear findings and large number of studies in the scientific literature. How can you
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- Why weren adults considered for the ATSDR study?
