Saturday, September 22, 2012

More trouble for Camp Lejeune families

Camp Lejeune shuts down water treatment plant after mercury found
By: ASSOCIATED PRESS
JOURNALNOW STAFF
The Associated Press
Published: September 22, 2012
RALEIGH

Camp Lejeune, the coastal Marine base with a history of problems with its drinking water, shut down one of its water-treatment plants after about 8 pounds of the type of mercury found in thermometers was discovered last week in a pipe in the facility.

Elemental mercury was found Saturday in the pipe at Hadnot Point Water Treatment Plant during maintenance, base spokesman Nat Fahy said Friday. Tests conducted after the discovery showed none of the elemental mercury in the water, Fahy said.
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