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The transcript for the May 2015 CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel has now been published by the ATSDR.  A link to the full transcript document is found below.

The following provides all agenda items, discussions and takeaways from the latest Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) monthly phone update.

The transcript for the January 2015 CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel has now been published by the ATSDR.  A link to the full transcript document is found below.

We’re pleased to report that the CAP was honored with the presence of CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden and new ATSDR Director Dr. Patrick Breysse. Both expressed their sincere support and enthusiasm for the very important work regarding Camp Lejeune water contamination.  We welcome their enthusiasm to continue the work of the CAP, strengthen and enhance scientific research, and communicate a more cohesive message at a greater frequency both to the public and to all relevant federal agencies.

Discussions regarding VA meetings, health surveys, cancer incidence studies, concerns by CAP members, upcoming meetings with ATSDR new director and CDC director Thomas Frieden, and more.  Notes below and recording attached.  Can also listen at Soundcloud.com/CivilianExposure. Recording found at bottom of this page.

CivilianExposure.org founder Gavin P. Smith was invited to participate in an interview aboard the StoryLine Bus, a project in collaboration with the Wake Forest University Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship Center.  The StoryLine Bus is an audio interview studio on wheels, designed to be a traveling interview studio to capture stories of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and community and social action.  The StoryLine Bus is part of ECHO, an organization dedicated to fostering trusting relationships and connection (social capital) among diverse people in greater Winston-Salem, NC and beyond.  Through StoryLine, ECHO aims to honor the rich diversity of voices throughout the community and to celebrate history, hopes and common humanity.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has created a community assistance panel (CAP) for the Camp Lejeune site. The purpose of the CAP is to voice the concerns of the affected Camp Lejeune community to provide input for health studies. Members of the CAP will provide individual input as well as represent the views of the community and groups to which they belong. ATSDR will seriously consider all CAP members’ points of view. The CAP consists of community members, one representative from the Department of Defense (DoD), independent scientific experts, and ATSDR staff.

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