A Trust Betrayed (45 page)

Ensminger, Janey,
63–67
,
76–78
,
104
,
145–146
,
207
,
230

Ensminger, Jerry,
152

     
background and military service,
63–65

     
benzene contamination,
197
,
199–200

     
breast cancer in men,
207

     
CAP,
159
,
178
,
186
,
258–259

     
congressional hearing,
162–163
,
167
,
176
,
190

     
congressional support for victims,
247–248

     
daughter's illness and death,
65–67
,
76–78
,
104

     
discrediting the NRC report,
215

     
DoD request for exemptions,
147–148

     
EPA report on TCE toxicity,
134–135

     
family litigation against the Navy,
233

     
flawed data discovery,
140–141

     
flawed NAS report,
204–205

     
Frumkin's “national conversation” about exposure,
194–195

     
“independent” panel,
145–146
,
149–150

     
information gathering,
125–127

     
Janey Ensminger Act,
248

     
Marine Corps redacting water well information from ATSDR studies,
242–244

     
military stonewalling ATSDR,
192

     
opinion of the Marine Corps,
261–262

     
scientific panel,
154

     
statistical findings,
127–128

     
The Few, the Proud, the Forgotten,
177
,
179
,
226–227

     
VA's shifting position on disability claims,
219

     
Water Survivors rift,
226–228

Ensminger, Veronica,
65–66

Environmental Health Network and National Toxics Campaign Fund,
99

Environmental laws,
137–138
,
265
.
See also
Exemptions

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

     
citation for violating permit standards,
56

     
congressional action on TCE standards,
184

     
daycare center contamination,
84

     
“independent” verification panel,
144–145

     
Integrated Risk Information System,
188–190

     
jurisdictional controversy over cleanup,
85–87
,
91

     
Marine Corps obstruction of government examination,
167–169

     
PCB ban,
48

     
regulating industrial pollutants,
32

     
Science Advisory Board,
132–134

     
SNARL warnings about TCE and PCE,
52

     
TCE report on toxicity limits,
130–134

     
Townsend litigation,
125

     
trichloroethylene risk assessment,
239–241

Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc. (Florida),
68
,
73
,
92
,
103

Erin Brockovich
(film),
120

Esophageal cancer,
250

European Chlorinated Solvents Association,
134

Exemptions,
137–138
,
145–148

Fahy, Nat,
93

Falk, Henry,
152

Faye, Robert,
242–243

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
189–190

Federal Tort Claims Act (1948),
232

Feres Doctrine,
231–232
,
238–239

Fetal exposure.
See
Anencephaly
;
Birth defects
;
Miscarriages
;
Spina bifida

The Few, the Proud, the Forgotten,
162
,
177
,
179
,
226–230

Finger, Terry,
221

Finkelstein, J.B.,
86

First Barbary War (1801–1805),
22–23

Food waste contamination,
89–90

Formaldehyde,
188–190

Forrester, J. Owen,
238

Frandsen, Richard,
73
,
145
,
148
,
152

Freedom of Information Act (1967),
73
,
125
,
185–186

French Creek Liquids Disposal Area,
90
,
180
,
218

Freshwater, Lou,
224

Freshwater, Mary,
40–41
,
186–187
,
224

Frieden, Thomas,
242–243

Fristoe, John,
43–44
,
119–120
.
See also
Dyer, Terry Fristoe
;
Strand, Karen Fristoe

Fristoe, Johnsie,
119–120

Frumkin, Howard,
194–195

Gagnoni, Maggie,
39

Gagnoni, Ricky,
39

George Air Force Base (California),
256

Gerberding, Julie,
191

Gervasi, Tom,
220–221
,
261

GI Bill,
264

Gilman, Paul,
133

Glaze, William,
132
,
144–145

The Globe
newspaper,
73

Goldman, Lynn,
188–189

Goodman, Sherri,
254–255

Government Accountability Office (GAO),
188

Government agencies.
See
Congress, US
;
Defense, Department of
;
Marine Corps/US Navy
;
Veterans Affairs, Department of

Grainger Laboratories,
51–53
,
55

Gros, Andy,
114

Gros, Janie,
114

Gros, Mike,
113–117
,
154
,
162–163
,
231–232

Gros, Tom,
117

Grove, Lloyd,
76–77
,
126

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba),
24

Hadnot Point,
88

     
air contamination,
92–93

     
ATSDR study,
102–103
,
111–112
,
195–196

     
benzene and solvent contamination,
69–70
,
162
,
199–200

     
Camp Lejeune reducing testing frequency,
59–60

     
cleanup estimates,
93

     
data flaws,
140–141

     
extent of contamination,
87–89
,
214

     
high exposure leading to illnesses in adults,
114–115

     
LANTDIV notification of contamination,
56–57

     
modeling study on water safety,
166–167

     
1980s water sampling,
46
,
51
,
53
,
70–71
,
73

Hagan, Kay,
196
,
203
,
208
,
214–215
,
245
,
247

Hagee, Michael,
144
,
152

Halogenated hydrocarbons,
235–236

Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance,
133–134

Halsey, William, Jr.,
4

Hardesty, Kendra,
241–242

Hardmon, Tony,
230

Hargett, Mike,
51–52

Harris, Ellen,
149

Hartung, John,
218–219

Health and Human Services, US Department of,
123–124

Health care benefits,
208
,
215
,
244–248
,
260
,
264
,
266

Hearney, Richard,
144
,
150

Helms, Jesse,
120

Hibey, Richard,
228

Hill, Franklin,
169

Hogue, Robert,
252

Holcomb, Thomas,
29

Holcomb Boulevard water system,
70–71
,
87–90
,
102–103
,
140–141
,
167

Holliday, Angela,
40

Holliday, John Samuel, Jr.,
39–40

Holliday, Louella,
39–40
,
113(quote)
,
118–119

Holliday, William,
40

Honeywell Corporation,
203–204

Hooker Chemical Company,
79

Hossum, Carole,
197–198

House Armed Services Committee,
146

House Committee on Science and Technology,
211–213

House Energy and Commerce Committee,
145–146
,
161
,
176
,
209
,
211

Hubbell, Paul,
72

Huffington Post
,
242

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,
189–190

Hyland, Lita,
153–154

Hyman, Jeffrey,
108–109
,
127

“Independent” panel investigation,
143–145
,
149–152

Industrial sector,
131–134
,
143–145

Ingram, Cal J.,
56–57

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS),
188–190

Internet connecting victims,
224–225

Jacksonville Daily News
,
74
,
214–215

Janey Ensminger Act,
261–262

Jefferson, Thomas,
22

Jeffords, James,
139
,
142–143
,
160

Jennings Laboratories,
47

Johnson, Gold,
81

Jones, Laura,
234–237

Jones, Linda,
238

Judge Advocate General (JAG),
232–233

Justice Department, US,
125
,
167–168
,
265

Kahaly, Bob,
217–218
,
224

Kaye, Wendy,
111
,
127
,
140–141

Keating, Michael,
116

Kelly Air Force Base (Texas),
255–256

Kennedy, Edward,
222

Kennedy, John F.,
172

Kerry, John,
183–184

Kessler, J.A.,
241–242

Kidney cancer,
134–135
,
212
,
221
,
246

Koehn, Donna,
221

Lachapelle, Norman,
57

Lakeland Ledger
,
177
,
181–182

Landman, Katherine,
198

Lead contamination,
102–103
,
122

LeBlanc, Gerald,
248