To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment the potential impact on British Army personnel of possible exposure to dangerous levels of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.
Answered on
25 October 2022
An initial check of Army historical records has given no indication that Army personnel routinely trained at Camp Lejeune.
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Ministry of Defence
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