NATIONAL BRIEFING / NORTH CAROLINA
The government disavowed a 12-year-old federal report that found little or no cancer risk for adults who lived on a Marine base where drinking water was contaminated for three decades.
Up to 1 million people could have been exposed to toxins that seeped from a neighboring dry cleaner and industrial activity at Camp Lejeune, federal officials say.
“We can no longer stand behind the accuracy of the information in that document,” said William Cibulas, director of health assessment for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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