Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 Lawsuit
- Veterans and family members, contactors, and civilian employees who served on, or resided at, Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987, for more than 30 nonconsecutive days, may soon have settlement benefits available.
- The new law allows veterans and their families to file a lawsuit for exposure to toxic chemicals, including Perchloroethylene (PCE) and Trichloroethylene (TCE), in the water at Camp Lejeune.
- Studies over the decades have found that two water-supply systems at Camp Lejeune were found to be contaminated with dozens of toxic chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
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You could be entitled to compensation for injury from chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune!
Risk of injuries related to exposure from the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune include:
Veterans and their family members who spent at least a month at Camp Lejeune have been base were exposed to high levels of Perchloroethylene (PCE) and Trichloroethylene (TCE). This list of conditions is not inclusive of all injuries. Some of the illnesses associated with exposure to the chemicals found in the Camp Lejeune drinking water are:
- Lung Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Other Organ Cancers
- Other Serious Diseases
- Liver Injury/Failure
- Fatty Liver Disease (hepatic steatosis)
- Kidney Injury/Failure/Renal Toxicity
- Parkinson's Disease
- Systemic Sclerosis/Scleroderma
- Aplastic Anemia
- Cardiac Defects
- Birth Defects *
- Female Infertility
- Miscarriages
* The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began a study in 2003. ATSDR published the results of that study in 2013. The findings showed that children born to mothers who drank contaminated water at Camp Lejeune were four times more likely to be born with a birth defect.
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022
The new law allows veterans and their families to file a lawsuit in U.S. federal court for exposure to toxic chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune. The Act is in a subsection of The Honoring our PACT (Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics) Act section 706. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3967/text
Those who have suffered side effects caused by toxic chemicals in the water supply of Camp Lejeune will be allowed to fight for justice and monetary compensation. This compensation could help pay for years of medical treatments and lost wages, as well as physical and emotional trauma.
Anyone who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987 may be eligible to file a personal injury lawsuit, this includes veterans and current military personnel, their families, employees, and unborn children who were present at Camp Lejeune.
Even if you are a veteran who was denied disability by the Veterans Administration related to your service at Camp Lejeune, you may qualify for compensation. This opportunity is due to the new proposed law.
This bill, The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, was introduced in March of 2021. It passed the House of Representatives a year later, in March of 2022. On June 16, 2022, the bill was approved by the Senate.
The legislation will allow those who suffer injuries from contaminated water exposure to pursue legal action against the government. The bill states it is designed, “To provide for recovery by individuals who were stationed, lived, or worked at Camp Lejeune, for certain actions of omissions by the United States.”
Often, the federal government can claim immunity from a lawsuit. This bill prohibits that from happening.
The new law essentially opens a window of two years to allow you to file a claim for your injuries, but you should do so now. The new time period you can file in is short. So, if you were at Camp Lejeune, exposed to contaminated water at the Base for at least 30 days, sometime during the period January 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, you should contact an attorney now.
There will be time limits for filing a lawsuit.
Veterans and family members who served on active duty or resided at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987, may soon have settlement benefits available.
If you or a loved one is suffering from a health condition linked to water contamination at Camp Lejeune, an attorney can help ensure you receive justice and compensation that you may be entitled.
More than one million U.S. Marines and their families may have been exposed to highly toxic and contaminated water while living on or near Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987.
The United States military officials knew about heavily contaminated water at Camp Lejeune for several decades but did nothing to remediate the problem or inform the public, while hundreds of thousands of those who served and protected our country, and their family members were being poisoned by that very same water.
From 1957 to at least 1987, evidence suggests that U.S. Marines and their families, as well as vendors and contractors who worked and lived on or near the base, were exposed to heavily contaminated water, which they and their families both drank and bathed in without knowledge of the potential health risks. Many of those chemicals came from on-site laundry services and leaking underground storage tanks, which contaminated the base’s wells with volatile organic compounds and toxic solvents, linked to birth defects, pregnancy risks, as well as numerous forms of cancer.
Chemicals Found in the Contaminated Water at Camp Lejeune:
Studies over the decades have found that, two water-supply systems at Camp Lejeune were found to be contaminated with dozens of toxic chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These chemicals included the following:
- Perchloroethylene (PCE), the dry-cleaning solvent
- Tetrachloroethylene, a dry-cleaning agent
- Trichloroethylene (TCE), a metal cleaner and degreaser
- Methylene chloride, a chemical solvent used in labs and to remove paint
- Vinyl chloride, a colorless gas used to make polyvinyl chloride, which is used to make plastic products
- Benzene, a chemical found in gasoline
There is no safe level of benzene in drinking water.
According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, anyone who resided at Camp Lejeune before 1987 may have been exposed to these chemicals.
Where was the Contaminated Water?
The Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina was established in 1942. Forty years later, the Marine Corps determined that two of the water treatment facilities providing water to the base had been contaminated with volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.
The government determined that the water had been contaminated for a total of 346 months by a nearby off-base dry-cleaning company.
Tarawa Terrace Water Treatment Plant
The Tarawa Terrace treatment plant was contaminated with PCE (perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene). The EPA maximum containment level of this organic compound is 5 parts per billion(ppb) in drinking water. The maximum level of contamination at Tarawa Terrace was 215 ppb.
Tarawa Terrace water treatment plant began operation in 1952 and supplied water to Tarawa Terrace family housing and Knox Trailer Park. The source of contamination was identified as an off-base dry-cleaning company, ABC One-Hour Cleaners, through their waste disposal practices.
Hadnot Point Water Treatment Plant
Hadnot Point was contaminated with TCE (trichloroethylene). The current EPA approval for TCE in drinking water is 5 ppb. At its highest point, the contamination at Hadnot Point was measured at 1,400 ppb. Multiple sources are believed to have caused this contamination, including storage tank leaks, industrial spills, and improper water disposal practices.
Hadnot Point water treatment plant began operation in 1942 and supplied water to the Mainside Barracks, Hospital Point Family Housing, Family Housing at Midway Park, Paradise Point and Berkeley Manor. Hadnot Point had multiple sources of contamination streaming from leaks in underground storage tanks, industrial area spills and waste disposal sites. VOCs identified at Hadnot Point are PCE, Benzene and Vinyl Chloride.
The most contaminated wells were shut down in February of 1985.
The government and base officials knew about the contamination for decades. However, despite warnings from experts and numerous damning inspections and reports, little to nothing was done about the Camp Lejeune water contamination problems and the water was deemed safe, even as its poor, and alarming, chemical taste was commented on by marines and their families for years.
The wells were shut off in 1985, due to the high levels of contamination. However, they were illegally reactivated later.
In October 2010, a letter from the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program wrote a letter declaring that the drinking water at the base presented a health hazard.
The declaration came decades too late for many of the marines and families that lived on the base for years, drinking and bathing in water that was heavily contaminated. Some chemical contaminants were found at levels nearly 4,000 times higher than deemed safe for human consumption.
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