A Trust Betrayed (46 page)

Lehnert, Michael,
111–112

Lejeune, John A.,
21–22
,
25–29

Leonard, Pat,
170
,
233

Leukemia,
40–41
,
66–67
,
76–78
,
104–110
,
115–117
,
127–130
,
147
,
187
,
203
,
223–224
,
231
,
237
,
246

Levesque, William,
182
,
205–206
,
211

Levinson, Daniel,
243

Lewis, Eddie,
41–42
,
118

Lewis, Eddie, Jr.,
42

Lewis, Joan,
41
,
118

Libert, Rachel,
229–230

Lilley, M.G.,
68
,
72

Lindley, Edward,
20

Linton, Arthur E.,
84

Liver cancer,
129

Lloyd, Orville B., Jr.,
82

Los Angeles Times
,
132
,
240
,
255

Love Canal,
50–51
,
79–80
,
265

Lowder, Bob,
249

Lunsford, Andrea,
101–102

SS
Lurline
,
5–6

Lymphoma,
127
,
134
,
217–218
,
223
,
234
,
238
,
246

Maas, Richard,
155–156
,
158

Mabus, Ray,
209
,
211

MacPherson, Colin,
217
,
223–224

MacPherson, Jody,
217(quote)
,
223–224

Marine Corps/US Navy

     
actions tainting the reputation of,
258–260

     
Amos stonewalling media and victims,
251–253

     
awareness of VOC contamination,
162–164

     
bonds of loyalty,
263–266

     
claims for compensation,
170

     
concealing contamination data,
211

     
constraining data access,
141

     
downplaying severity of contamination,
74
,
84–85
,
126
,
165–166
,
179
,
187–188
,
210–211
,
240–241

     
EPA limits on TCE contamination,
131–134

     
exemptions,
139

     
family litigation against,
232–233

     
Feres Doctrine limiting legal claims,
232–233

     
“independent” Marine Corps panel,
143–145
,
149–152

     
information Tarawa Terrace residents of water contamination,
73–74

     
jurisdictional controversy over cleanup,
85–87
,
91

     
lack of response to panel findings,
159

     
linking TCE to lymphoma,
218

     
linking VOC to childhood illnesses,
75–76

     
NRC study hampering veterans' access to benefits,
215

     
obstructing government investigations,
167–169

     
off-base contamination,
80–81

     
opposition to childhood leukemia investigation,
109

     
political pressure on the ATSDR,
191–192

     
Public Health Service conflict of interest,
98

     
redacting water well information from ATSDR studies,
241–244

     
stonewalling Camp Lejeune victims and Congress,
251–255
,
264–265

     
tainting the NRC study on contamination-illness link,
186

     
underreporting benzene contamination,
210

     
US Navy safe drinking water standards,
259

     
USGS groundwater study proposal,
82–83

Martin, Dave,
159

Maslia, Morris,
243

Masry, Edward,
120

Mathis, Wayne,
79(quote)
,
84–85

Maurer, Kevin,
210

McCall, Denita,
154
,
159
,
227

McConaughy, David,
198

McLaughlin, Carrie,
36
,
38

McLaughlin, Michelle,
37–38

McLaughlin, Sally,
35–37
,
183–184
,
221–222

McLaughlin, Tom,
34–37
,
183–184
,
221

McQueen, John,
29

Media

     
ATSDR report,
103–104

     
benzene measurements,
210

     
breast cancer in men,
177
,
181–182
,
206–207

     
cleanup efforts report of 2013,
249–250

     
congressional criticism of NAS report,
214–215

     
“independent” Marine Corps panel,
152

     
locating affected families,
110–111
,
165–166

     
military constraining data access,
141–143
,
211

     
military stonewalling ATSDR studies,
192

     
military stonewalling victims and,
251–253

     
Navy involvement in NAS study,
205–206

     
1985 coverage of contamination,
84

     
notification of water contamination,
74–75

     
pressure for VA disability compensation,
221

     
survivor activism,
120–121
,
226
,
228–230

Melts, Milton,
90

Melts, Victor,
90

Mess Hall Grease Disposal Area,
89–90

Methylene chloride,
55
,
70

Michael Baker Corporation,
210

Miller, Brad,
208–212
,
230
,
244
,
253

Millice, Kenneth,
51

Mirex (insecticide),
89

Miscarriages,
38–39
,
41
,
79–80

Mortality study,
193–194
,
209–210

Motz, Kendra,
54–55

Mull, Scott,
143

Mundt, Bert,
67–68

Mundy, Dave,
94–95

Munsell, Elsie,
104
,
107

Murray, Patty,
245
,
247

Murtha, Peter,
168

Mustard gas,
58

NASA: EPA report on TCE toxicity,
133

National Academies of Sciences (NAS),
133–135
,
184
,
186
,
200–206
,
213–214
,
218–219
,
257
.
See also
National Research Council

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
257

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
93–94

National Opinion Research Center,
123–124

National Research Council (NRC),
133–135
,
186–187
,
200–202
,
204–206
,
209–210
,
214–215
,
241
,
246

National Science Foundation (NSF),
141

National security,
137–138

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division (LANTDIV)

     
benzene and solvents at Hadnot Point,
69–70

     
EPA citation for major pollution,
56

     
EPA investigation,
168

     
“independent” panel findings,
151

     
Marine Corps' lack of cooperation with ATSDR investigations,
101–103

     
1980s water sampling,
47–50

     
notification of chemical leaks,
56–59

     
obfuscation and manipulation,
253

     
PHA review,
198

     
verification study,
68

Navy, US.
See
Marine Corps/US Navy

Navy Assessment and Control of Installation Pollutants (NACIP) program,
50–51
,
58
,
68
,
72–73
,
83
,
85–87

Neal, William C., Jr.,
46–47

Nelson, Bill,
221

Nelson, Perry F.,
85

Nerve gas,
58

Neural tube defects.
See
Anencephaly
;
Spina bifida

New River water system,
49
,
71
,
89–90
,
148

Nexus, medical,
220
,
222

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
222–223
,
234
,
238

Obama administration,
194
,
247–248
,
264

Occidental Chemical Corporation,
265

Off-base contamination,
80–81

Office of Management and Budget,
106–107
,
110
,
188

Okinawa, Japan,
6–7
,
30
,
64

Onslow Bight,
20

Orange Plan,
28

Ordnance,
88–89

Orellana, Paula,
149

Oshman, Frank,
218

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee,
161–166
,
176–177

Ozonoff, David,
129(quote)
,
156–158
,
203–204

Pacific Gas & Electric,
120

Packard, Ron,
144–145
,
149–151

Pamperin, Thomas,
222

Pangia, Michael,
237

Parathyroid cancer,
154–155

Partain, Lisette,
172

Partain, Margaret,
174
,
261

Partain, Mike,
171(quote)

     
background and military career,
171–173

     
benzene contamination,
199–200

     
breast cancer,
174–175
,
177
,
181–182
,
206–207
,
224–225
,
250

     
CAP,
178–179
,
258

     
congressional hearings,
212

     
flawed NAS report,
204–205

     
opinion of the Marine Corps,
261

     
PHA criticism,
200

     
The Few, the Proud, the Forgotten,
179
,
226–227