Lawmakers Query Legal Basis For Withholding Camp Lejeune Water Data

摘要

Several lawmakers are probing a federal health agency's decision to withhold from public release water contamination data related to a North Carolina military base, questioning the legal basis for the actions and charging it may set a legal precedent for withholding data from scientific studies for reasons of national security. The Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) recently released a redacted version of a water contamination report to the public regarding historical contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC, where up to 1 million people may have been exposed to toxic chemicals in the water supply over decades.