Problematic PR for Harmful Drinking Water

A booklet on past water contamination is at the center of a controversy at Marines Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. And, as the Miami Herald reports, “the dispute over the booklet is part of a larger ongoing public relations battle between the military and the [Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry].”

Specifically, there’s a question as to the need for telling people who were there between the 1950s and 1980s to look out for symptoms indicative of potential exposure to benzene, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.

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