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Victims of Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Are Now Eligible To Seek Significant Financial Compensation

It has been revealed that the Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River drinking water was dangerously toxic between the years of 1953 to 1987 due to significant chemical contamination.

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act Allows Victims to Seek Financial Compensation

"The Camp Lejeune Justice Act"

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is now law. The bill's sole mission is to grant Camp Lejeune's victims the ability to finally attain the legal help they needed to pursue money damages.

The bill allows the tens of thousands of men, women and children who ingested and/or bathed in the toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 to finally seek justice for the serious illnesses (including cancer and Parkinson's) associated with their exposure to these toxins.

North Carolina has always had a "legal loophole" (called the "statute of repose") which made it very difficult for those affected by the contaminated water to get claims approved.

By the time the contamination was discovered and reported, the 10-year statute of limitations period had already expired -- meaning most victims had little chance of holding the government responsible for the illnesses they suffered due to the toxic exposure.

Complications, Injuries and Concerns

According to NationalAcademies.org, in the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune were found to contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE).

Between 1953 and 1987, the people living on base, military service members and civilians ingested contaminated drinking water and bathed in water that had been contaminated with chemicals from the base water treatment facilities and a dry-cleaning company in the area. Personnel were exposed to over 3,000 times the safe exposure limits of toxic chemicals.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) considers trichloroethylene to be a known human carcinogen. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified trichloroethylene as carcinogenic to humans. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified PCE as a likely human carcinogen. Exposure to PCE can harm the nervous system and negatively impact memory, color vision, and the ability to process information. The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) lists PCE as “reasonable anticipated to be a human carcinogen.” This means that based on scientific proof, PCE likely causes cancer in humans.

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Trichloroethylene (TCE)

A solvent typically used for cleaning metals

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Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)

A dry cleaning chemical

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Vinyl Chloride (VC)

A toxic byproduct of TCE and PCE degradation

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Benzene

A toxic chemical used in the manufacturing of certain plastics and resins

About the Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Lawsuit

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows those exposed – even in utero – to water contamination at the base for at least 30 days between Aug.1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987, to file a claim in the U.S. District Court for the Easter District of North Carolina. To do so, the bill overrides a North Carolina legal hurdle that has otherwise made such suits impossible.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides health care and compensation to veterans who served at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 cumulative days from August 1953 – December 1987 and have had one of several specific cancers and diseases. Family members who lived on base for at least 30 days during that period and have had one of 15 specific conditions can also receive health-related reimbursements, but not compensation, per the VA.

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It has been reported that at least 900,000 military personnel and their family members were stationed at the United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987.

Camp Lejeune toxic water victims seek restitution

After years of waiting, veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina now have the right to seek restitution from the U.S. government. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act enables restitution for veterans and their families who lived and worked on the base.

Marines and family members exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune can now sue

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WECT) - Decades after consuming contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, victims who suffered adverse health effects are allowed to recover monetary damages from the US Government.

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Families fight for compensation for exposure to deadly, toxic water at Camp Lejeune

Millions of military veterans are now eligible for more care and in some cases, compensation for exposure to toxins while on duty. For many of those veterans, the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Honoring our PACT Act is a victory decades in the making, as they convinced the Veterans Administration that their post-service illnesses were linked to their time in the military.

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