Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims

If you or someone you know has been exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987, you may be entitled to significant compensation.

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Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims

Individuals who served worked, or resided at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., between 1953 and 1987 may have come into contact with contaminated drinking water linked to severe medical conditions and may now be eligible for health benefits and disability compensation.

The History of Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems at Camp Lejeune were found to be contaminated with a group of chemicals known as, “volatile organic compounds.”

These toxic chemicals, which include Benzene, Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, Methylene chloride, and Vinyl chloride – which can be found in materials such as gasoline, metal cleaners, and plastic products – exposed up to one million military members, family, and staff at Camp Lejeune to contaminated drinking water (CDC).

Types of Cancers and Other Severe Medical Conditions Linked to Contaminated Camp Lejeune Drinking Water:

Cancers

Adult Leukemia
Aplastic Anemia
Bladder Cancer
Breast Cancer
Esophageal cancer

Kidney Cancer
Liver Cancer
Lung Cancer
Myelodysplastic Cancer
Multiple Myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoms

Non-Cancer Injuries

End-Stage Retinal Disease
Female Infertility
Hepatic Steatosis (Fatty Liver Disease)
Renal Toxicity (Nephrotoxicity – Kidney Damage)
Scleroderma (Hardening or tightening of skin)

Neurobehavioral Effects

Dementia
Early-Onset Dementia
Parkinson’s Disease

Pediatric Injuries

Birth Defects
Choanal Atresia
Eye Defects
Cardiac Defects
Neural Tube Defects
Oral Cleft Defects
Childhood Leukemia
Fetal Death
Miscarriage
Major Fetal Malformations

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Legal Remedies

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 is a bipartisan bill intended to ensure individuals harmed by water contamination at Camp Lejeune receive fair compensation. The bill contains a specific section dedicated to the events at Camp Lejeune, has set a new statute of limitations, removed traditional US Government immunity defenses, and will allow individuals affected by the contaminated water for at least 30 days to sue and recover damages.

The Bill is making its way through Congress as part of the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 4, 2022, and the U.S. Senate on June 16, 2022. The bill is now going through the reconciliation process before being passed onto President Biden to sign the bill into law. The Act will permit people who worked, lived, or were exposed in-utero, to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987, to file a lawsuit in U.S. federal court.

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