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If you were stationed or lived in certain areas of the Camp Lejeune base in NC between 1957 and 1987, and relinquished a child for adoption or you are an adoptee who was born during this time, you need to be made aware of a problem there with the drinking water if you do not already know about it. There are two organizations you should check out: The Few, the Proud, the Forgotten at [url=http://www.tftptf.com/]The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten- Home[/url] and ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [url=http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov]ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services[/url] The chemicals trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene ( PCE, also known as perchloroethylene or "PERC") were first found in the drinking water in the early 1980s during a routine, base-wide sampling. All polluted wells were shut down in 1985. About 75,000 Marines and families lived in Tarawa Terrace family housing from November 1957 through February 1987, years in which experts believed well water was contaminated. People who drank this water while pregnant have had numerous illnesses which have showed up in either the children they had or their grandchildren.... 12. Specifically, what are the birth defects or childhood cancers that ATSDR is considering in its study? They include the following: Neural tube defects (spina bifida, anencephaly) Oral cleft ( cleft lip, cleft palate) Childhood leukemia Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Any questions, please go to one of the two site I have put on this page...... Adoptees you probably do NOT even know if you were exposed!!!!! Roberta