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Personal Author:
Maslia, Morris L.
Corporate Authors:
Expert Peer Review Panel Evaluating ATSDR’s Water-Modeling Activities in Support of the Current Study of Childhood Birth Defects and Cancer at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. ; United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. ; Eastern Research Group.
Expert Peer Review Panel Evaluating ATSDR’s Water-Modeling Activities in Support of the Current Study of Childhood Birth Defects and Cancer at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. ; United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. ; Eastern Research Group. Less -
Description:
On March 28–29, 2005, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) held a 2-day expert peer review meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. ATSDR requested the panel of nine experts to provide input on the agency’s groundwater resources and water-distribution system modeling activities conducted from March–December 2004 at U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. As explained during the meeting, these present-day modeling activities are being conducted to enable ATSDR to historically reconstruct the water systems serving the base from 1968–1985. The historical reconstruction will allow ATSDR to estimate relative concentrations of particular contaminants in the water-distribution systems during that time frame so that exposures can be quantified. Panel members were provided with background information regarding ATSDR’s current epidemiologic study, including activities conducted thus far, findings to date, and the role of modeling and historical reconstruction in the study. During the meeting, the ATSDR technical team provided overviews and technical details pertaining to the modeling approaches and activities performed to date.

Before the meeting, ATSDR provided panel members with a list of questions to review. Eight questions pertained to groundwater issues, seven were related to water-distribution systems, and four were part of the overall charge to the panel. Questions related to water-distribution systems were modified on the second day of the meeting. Throughout the meeting, the panel provided answers to these questions and offered suggestions to help ATSDR proceed with its future endeavors. Overall, the experts indicated that this was an important study to conduct and they were impressed with the quality of work performed to date. The panelists did note, however, that specific principal issues need to be addressed, and made recommendations for ATSDR’s next steps. As decided among ATSDR, the panel chair, and panel members, panelists provided individual recommendations throughout and at the conclusion of the meeting. These recommendations are presented in Section 6.0 of this report, and are briefly summarized.

A comprehensive review of archived files and other documents (interchangeably referred to as “data archaeology” and “data discovery”) is a priority and should precede other previously scheduled activities. To support both the groundwater and water-distribution system efforts, ATSDR should conduct in depth searching of records for additional quantitative data and detailed information of interconnections between the water-distribution systems. Also, ATSDR should obtain information describing the historical uses of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) at ABC One-Hour Cleaners and further characterize the Holcomb Blvd. and Hadnot Point systems.

Suggested Citation for this Report: Maslia, M.L., editor, 2005, Expert Peer Review Panel Evaluating ATSDR’s Water-Modeling Activities in Support of the Current Study of Childhood Birth Defects and Cancer at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina—Analyses of Groundwater Resources and Present-Day (2004) Water-Distribution Systems, March 28-29, 2005: Prepared by Eastern Research Group, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Prepared for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Atlanta, 31 p., 4 app.


Content Notes:
Suggested Citation for this Report -- Executive Summary -- 1.0 Introduction -- 2.0 ATSDR Objectives and Goals -- 3.0 Summary of Water Modeling Activities -- 4.0 Panel Discussions -- 5.0 Discussions and Responses to Questions From the Public -- 6.0 Summary of Recommendations from Panel Members and ATSDR’s Response -- 6.1 Data Discovery -- 6.2 Chronology of Events -- 6.3 Groundwater Modeling, Tarawa Terrace Area -- 6.4 Data Analyses, Hadnot Point Area -- 6.5 Water-Distribution System Analyses -- 7.0 Acknowledgments -- Appendix A. Preliminary Draft Agenda -- Appendix B. Panel Members -- Appendix C–Curriculum Vitae for Panel Members -- Appendix D–Panel Members’ Pre-Meeting Comments .
Subjects:
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Drinking Water Environmental Exposure/analysis Groundwater Military Facilities Military Personnel Models, Statistical Neoplasms/epidemiology Water Pollutants Water Pollutants, Chemical Water Supply
Document Type:
Report
Genre:
Conference Publications
Place as Subject:
Camp Lejeune, NC
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:0d7c0ef30a9f2f94f8bdb959c1879ceadaf3e74e0bfbcad98fcaf4252afd81d2
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134077/cdc_134077_DS1.pdf
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