They worked at Laurel Bay schools. They got sick. Now they have questions

A number of Laurel Bay teachers and staff struck by cancer or other medical illnesses raised concerns about school conditions five years ago. The military says tests for contamination came back clean.

This is the sixth story in the nine-part series — Buried: Contamination, confusion in a Beaufort military community.

In the 1950s, more than a thousand tanks filled with heating oil were buried underneath Laurel Bay, a Marine housing community in Beaufort County. Decades passed by, and those tanks corroded. Fuel leaked into the soil, contaminating the ground. Now Laurel Bay residents battle with leukemia, infertility and rare diseases. And they can't help but wonder, is contamination the cause?

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This story was originally published December 12, 2017 at 10:50 AM with the headline "They worked at Laurel Bay schools. They got sick. Now they have questions."