
Camp Lejeune Miscarriages Qualify To File A Camp Lejeune Justice Act Claim
Pregnant women who suffered a miscarriage as a result of contaminated Camp Lejeune water are now coming to realize the probable cause
Thursday, February 23, 2023 - Most people who lived served, or worked as civilian employee or military service member know by now that the water was contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals from 1953 to 1987. These chemicals are presumed by military authorities to have caused any of about two dozen life-threatening illnesses and were the cause of thousands of deaths. The US government passed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act to process claims made by those who have suffered cancer and other illnesses and also the surviving spouses or children of those who died. Camp Lejeune Justice Act claim lawyers continue to sign up people every day to file their claims for lump-sum compensation. Tens of thousands of claims have already been made and hundreds of thousands more are expected in the two-year window to file that began August 5, 2022, when president Joe Biden signed CLJA into law. The CLJA allows people to file lawsuits against the US military if their claim is ignored for more than six months or if it is rejected outright. Even though the CLJA addresses the needs of cancer victims and survivors, one overlooked group of people may be women who were pregnant during their time at Camp Lejeune as a soldier or spouses of a soldier and suffered a miscarriage. Women who suffered a miscarriage or other fertility difficulty and drank Camp Lejeune water for at least 30 days from 1953 to 1987 consumed toxic chemicals through the tap water. These toxins include benzene, trichloroethylene (TCE), and perchloroethylene (PCE)... all of which are known to cause cancer and other life-threatening health problems. Camp Lejeune toxic chemicals have also been linked to causing miscarriages and other reproductive problems like birth defects.
Camp Lejeune women who suffered one or more miscarriages should consult a Camp Lejeune water attorney and file a claim for lump-sum monetary compensation knowing that they are not alone. the incidence of miscarriages at Camp Lejeune was significantly higher than the national average. "Between 1968 and 1985, the rate of miscarriages among female Marines at Camp Lejeune was 27 percent higher than the rate among women in the general population. The rate of stillbirths was also higher, at 67 percent above the national average," according to a report from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). ABC News reported on a Camp Lejeune water contamination victim who experienced a miscarriage and her feelings at the time saying, "I felt like I was a failure. I felt like I wasn't doing something right. And then I started hearing about other women who were experiencing the same thing." Another woman who spent the requisite time at Camp Lejeune drinking the tap water had two miscarriages and told ABC News, " It was just devastating. You start questioning everything. You start wondering what you did wrong." Having one or more miscarriages may be presumed to have been caused by consuming contaminated water while pregnant. Some women will never be able to bear children as a result and continue to suffer the pain and trauma of multiple miscarriages.