Cancer Incidence among Marines and Navy Personnel and Civilian Workers Exposed to Industrial Solvents in Drinking Water at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune: A Cohort Study.


Journal

Environmental health perspectives
ISSN: 1552-9924
Titre abrégé: Environ Health Perspect
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0330411

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2024
Historique:
medline: 24 10 2024
pubmed: 24 10 2024
entrez: 24 10 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Drinking water at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was contaminated with trichloroethylene and other industrial solvents from 1953 to 1985. A cohort cancer incidence study was conducted of Marines/Navy personnel who began service and were stationed at Camp Lejeune ( Cancers among Camp Lejeune Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers totaled 12,083 and 1,563, respectively. Cancers among Camp Pendleton Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers totaled 12,144 and 1,416, respectively. Compared with Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune Marines/Navy personnel had aHRs Increased risks of several cancers were observed among Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune compared with Camp Pendleton. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14966.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND UNASSIGNED
Drinking water at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was contaminated with trichloroethylene and other industrial solvents from 1953 to 1985.
METHODS UNASSIGNED
A cohort cancer incidence study was conducted of Marines/Navy personnel who began service and were stationed at Camp Lejeune (
RESULTS UNASSIGNED
Cancers among Camp Lejeune Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers totaled 12,083 and 1,563, respectively. Cancers among Camp Pendleton Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers totaled 12,144 and 1,416, respectively. Compared with Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune Marines/Navy personnel had aHRs
CONCLUSION UNASSIGNED
Increased risks of several cancers were observed among Marines/Navy personnel and civilian workers exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune compared with Camp Pendleton. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14966.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39446420
doi: 10.1289/EHP14966
doi:

Substances chimiques

Drinking Water 0
Solvents 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

107008

Auteurs

Frank J Bove (FJ)

Office of Community Health Hazard Assessment, Health Studies Section, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

April Greek (A)

Health Research and Analytics Division, Battelle Memorial Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Ruth Gatiba (R)

Health Research and Analytics Division, Battelle Memorial Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Betsy Kohler (B)

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Springfield, Illinois, USA.

Recinda Sherman (R)

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Springfield, Illinois, USA.

Gene T Shin (GT)

Health Research and Analytics Division, Battelle Memorial Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Aaron Bernstein (A)

National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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