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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 Carolina’s Camp Lejeune. That report _ long challenged by skeptical vet
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FILE - This May 9, 2007, file photo shows some of the older Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine base housing at the Midway Park neighborhood. In an about face Tuesday, April 28, 2009, the U.S. government disavowed a 12-year-old federal report that found little...
