June 08 Technical Report, NAF Atsugi's Toxic Exposure

[USMC_girl]

Is NAF Atsugi’s soil still contaminated with Heavy Metals & Dioxin……? The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) recently released the REVIEW OF NAF ATSUGI HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DATA TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL POPULATION-BASED MEDICAL SCREENING IS INDICTED. Battelle prepared this Technical Report for the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center NMCPHC (formally the Navy Environmental Health Center – NEHC) in June 2008. The following is an abstract of the recommendation & the final assessment portions of the report: (1) Evaluate of Current Soil Contamination –sampling for residual pollutants. Soil sampling should be conducted to evaluate the current hazard. (2) Establish an Outreach Program for Communication with Former NAF Atsugi Residents. “.it seem likely that very few of the NAF Atsugi residents during the initial ten years of incinerator operation have had the opportunity to learn about their exposed and potential health risk…..” One of the many messages should be to encourage all former NAF Atsugi residents to follow the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for routine preventive care (3) Exposed NAF Atsugi population should be defined and identified as members of an Atsugi Registry (4) Medical Evaluation should be conducted via the use of validated questionnaires of respiratory health in individuals who were under 16 while a resident at NAF Atsugi/ For those indicating respiratory symptoms, screening pulmonary function tests. (5) A review should be conducted of pediatric lead levels at NAF Atsugi during the years of incinerator operation with a comparison levels in children of comparable age collected under comparable protocols at other naval facilities. Counseling about neuro- behavioral effects of moderate lead exposure should be provided if average lead levels are significantly higher The Navy recently contracted Battelle to review the NAF Atsugi's data and provide recommendations. Navy Medicine posted the report on their website, along with their comments - The first six pages is the Navy's Comments, suggest you read the report first - then the comments - the report starts on page 7. http://www-nmcphc.med.navy.mil/atsugi/atsugi.htm or http://www.atsugi-incinerator-group.com/ Please feel free to email me, but if you would like all the info, email Shelly if you have any questions atsugi_incinerator@yahoo.com or visit her following website www.atsugi-incinerator-group.com - Jinkanpo/Shinkampo Incinerator Emissions Exposed Military,Â*Dependents andÂ*CiviliansÂ*to Deadly Toxic