Here Are A Few Of The Birth Defects Affecting Camp Lejeune Children

If you or a loved on were pregnant during your stay on the base your unborn fetus was at risk

Tuesday, December 27, 2022 - If you or a loved one lived at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to the present, you may have ingested volatile organic compounds that may have made you sick. These deadly, colorless, odorless chemicals include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloroethylene (PCE), benzene and others. PFAS forever chemicals from using 3M firefighting foam continue to contaminate the water supply and also the air and land on and surrounding Camp Lejeune. If you were pregnant and lived on the base during this time, your unborn fetus was at risk of developing deadly, debilitating birth defects. Camp Lejeune water Lawsuits have been filed by the parents whose Camp Lejeune children were born with such extreme disabilities as neural tube birth defects about the brain, spine, or spinal cord, cleft lip, and palate which manifests as a split in the upper lip, and roof of the mouth and can profoundly impact feeding, breathing, and speaking, heart damage including but not limited to myocarditis and other heart ailments, kidney disease and kidney cancer that may require immediate dialysis treatment and a kidney transplant, and cleft lip and musculoskeletal defects. Any of these conditions make it difficult if not impossible to get an education, hold a job, engage in a profession, or lead any resemblance of a normal life. This all could have been prevented if the Marine Corps and Navy had been forthcoming as was their responsibility with their knowledge that the Camp Lejeune water supply was contaminated and should be avoided. If you were pregnant at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 and have had a child with any of the birth defects listed above or others, you should speak with a Camp Lejeune water attorney for information about filing a lawsuit.

Camp Lejeune may not be safe to live at or near if you intend to drink, bathe in, or cook with tap water. That much is true if we are to believe North Carolina State Attorney General Stein who last month filed two lawsuits against 3M, DuPont, and thirteen other firefighting foam makers for hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up the water, air, and land on and around the base and the naval air station. According to LawyersandSettlements.com, " The attorney general sued 3M Co. and 13 related corporations for injuries to North Carolina's natural resources, including groundwater, surface water, sediments, soils, and living organisms. The state seeks property damages and economic damages, remediation, and restoration costs (although it is not entirely clear that the science yet exists as to how remediation can be accomplished)." Women who currently live at Camp Lejeune and are pregnant may continue to run the risk of having a child whose health may be compromised from day one. While the Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows families with children who have been born with birth defects to file claims for lump-sum monetary compensation and a lawsuit against the federal government should they be denied, it does not address the corporate negligence of 3M and other firefighting foam manufacturers. You may be eligible to file a lawsuit that mirrors the bellwether North Carolina State lawsuit seeking monetary compensation and also punitive damages to punish the makers of firefighting foam.

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