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Exhibit 216

ATSDR Activities at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune: testimony of Christopher Portier

Exhibit 216 ยท Congressional testimony

ATSDR Activities at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune: testimony of Christopher Portier

ATSDR removed the PHA from its website in 2009 and plans to reassess the drinking water pathway and revise the PHA when water modeling analyses are completed.

Testimony of ATSDR's Christopher Portier to the House Committee on Science and Technology on 16 September 2010. ATSDR removed the 1997 public health assessment from its website in 2009 and plans to reassess the drinking water pathway and revise it when water modeling is completed. The testimony cites new information that Holcomb Boulevard residents were exposed longer than known in 1997 and that Hadnot Point benzene levels were higher.

Source
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; House Committee on Science and Technology
Date
16 September 2010
Quoted from
Testimony of Christopher Portier, 16 Sept 2010, p. 4
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/hearings/091610_Portier.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding MED-12.4
Primary record ATSDR removed its 1997 Camp Lejeune public health assessment from its website in 2009 after learning that exposure lasted longer and benzene levels were higher than known in 1997.