He ith/ Health Survey To Measure Water Safety (NAPSA)—In an effort to find out about the health and safety of U.S. Marines, their families and others, the Agency for Toxic Sub- stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is conducting a health survey. The public health agency is asking participants about when and where theylived or worked at Marine Corps Bases Camp Lejeune or Camp Pendleton, as well as their work history and health. The Marine Corps is fully supporting ATSDRinits efforts and encourages anyone whoreceives the survey to complete and returnit. “Taking part in the survey is completely voluntary; however, I fully support ATSDR’s work on this important project and strongly encourage you to participate. The more surveys that are filled out and returned, the morelikely the results will be useful,” said General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps. The survey asks participants about the dates and locations of when and where they lived and worked aboard Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton, as well as their work history and health. It’s important that each person who receives the health survey completes and returnsit using the envelope provided in the survey packet, regardlessof his or her current health status. The more sur- The U.S. Marine Corps urges everyone who gets a public health agency survey about living or working at certain bases to fill it out and sendit in. veys that are returned, the more scientifically useful the survey results will be to the Marine Corps and the Departmentof the Navy. Each survey participant and those registered at the Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water web page will get a summary of the final report. For more information about the Health Survey, visit ATSDR’s website at www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/ lejeune/health_survey.html or call (800) 232-4636. To register with the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water web page and get up-to-date information, visit www.marines.mil/clwater.html.
