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• U.S. does about-face on Camp Lejeune’s tap water

  May 4, 2009 in Nation/World, City, Idaho, Region Nearly 12 years ago, a federal report told Marines and their families that adults faced little or no increased cancer risk from drinking and bathing in chemical-tainted water at North …

• Lejeune bad water testimony gets heard

  June 14, 2007 in Idaho on Page B5 A retired Marine major in Moscow, Idaho, said he is relieved that Congress has finally taken an interest in a perceived injustice that has haunted him for 40 years: the …

• Vet’s plea to Corps: Step up

  April 1, 2006 in City on Page A1 Tom and Anne Townsend had been waiting for six years for the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps to take responsibility for the death of their infant …

• Couple want more answers on toxins at Marine base where son died in 1967

  February 16, 2004 in Nation/World, City, Idaho In January 2000, Tom Townsend was reading “Leatherneck,” a journal for Marine retirees, when he stumbled upon a small article titled, “Did you drink Lejeune water during 1968 to 1985?” …