Civilian Employees And Civilian Contractors Should Not Overlook The Camp Lejeune Justice Act Compensation They Have Coming To Them

Civilians from Camp Lejeune may seek relief by filing a water contamination lawsuit

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - Millions of people including servicemembers from every branch of the military spent at least 30-days at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 and qualify to file a Camp Lejeune Justice Act claim. In addition, hundreds of thousands of civilians and civilian independent contractors were employed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in North Carolina between the years 1953 and 1987, and regularly and consistently drank, washed with, and played in the contaminated Camp Lejeune water. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows civilians with cancer, or the survivors of those who have died, the right to file a lawsuit against the Federal government seeking lump-sum monetary compensation for cancer and other diseases they may have suffered or died from. There is a strong indication that drinking tap water from either of these two locations directly contributed to about a dozen or so types of cancer or other neurological diseases like Parkinson's disease. According to Congress.gov H.R, 6482 includes civilians among those eligible to sue the US Navy and Department of Justice over the negligence, carelessness, and recklessness they demonstrated during the more than three-decade water crisis. The Bill reads, "An individual, including a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code), or the legal representative of such an individual, who resided, worked, or was otherwise exposed (including in utero exposure) for not less than 30 days during the period beginning on August 1, 1953, and ending on December 31, 1987, to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, that was supplied by, or on behalf of, the United States may bring an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to obtain appropriate relief for harm that was caused by exposure to the water at Camp Lejeune."

Being a civilian is an important distinction as filing a Camp Lejeune Justice Act lawsuit may be the only way to achieve compensation for their Camp Lejeune water injuries. Suing the Federal government does not preclude also taking action against 3M, DuPont, and dozens of other companies that manufactured and sold firefighting foam to the Navy and Marine Corps. Firefighting foam is made from PFAS forever chemicals that have also contaminated the Camp Lejeune tap water and may still to this day pose a risk to people's health there. PFAS firefighting foam was and is used heavily at Camp Lejeune to extinguish by smothering petroleum and jet-fuel fires and also to repel oil, grease, and water. Women who were pregnant and have had a miscarriage, a deformed or stillborn child, or a child who has developed childhood leukemia should be tested for PFAS forever chemicals. PFAS chemicals have been found in samples of the placenta, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk. Breast Cancer Prevention Partners confirms the health hazards that PFAS forever chemicals present and explains that "PFAS forever chemicals are a family of synthetic chemicals that build up in humans and are linked to numerous health problems including cancer."

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