
Legion Commanders Across The Country Should Know About The Camp Lejeune Justice Act
Marine families and their survivors may qualify to file a Camp Lejeune Justice Act claim
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - The passage and signing into law of the Honoring Our Pact Act has alerted military veterans that have suffered cancer or other permanent, irreversible injuries from being exposed to toxic burn pit emissions and also by drinking the water in the area. The Act also shines the light on the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, an integral part of the new law allowing military veterans, civilian employees, local work contractors, and the parents of children at Camp Lejeune children's daycare facilities the right to hire a Camp Lejeune water attorney and file a lawsuit against the Navy, Marines, and the Federal government. As the details of the new law disseminate throughout the country via the internet and also from speakers at area Legion meetings, the survivors of those who died from cancer and served at Camp Lejeune are beginning to realize it was Marine Corps and Navy negligence, recklessness, and carelessness that caused the death of their loved one. The survivors of Marines who died from cancer over the last three decades now have answers as to the source of their spouse's or sibling's disease. Up until now, the US military has done little or nothing to inform the Camp Lejeune Marine base population to avoid drinking, cooking with, or bathing in their home's tap water resulting in millions of Marines and their families being exposed.
The Camp Lejeune water problems began in 1953 when the Navy and Marines improperly disposed of toxic waste on the base in unlined landfills causing carcinogens and forever chemicals to leach into the water table serving two main water treatment facilities. The Honoring Our Pact Act provides additional health and disability benefits to military veterans of all branches and also expands the number of illnesses, mostly cancer, that will be presumed to have been caused by military service. Many of the new illnesses are lung-related as breathing toxic burn pit fumes repeatedly over a long time leads to lung cancer and also mesothelioma, a scarring of the lining of the lungs usually associated with inhaling asbestos. Inhaling toxic from hazardous waste could be much worse than inhaling asbestos, an established carcinogen. It is up to everyone who reads articles like this to share them on social media as often as possible so the surviving spouses of US Marines who have died understand that they are no longer alone. Camp Lejeune water attorneys will work on a contingency basis which means that you pay nothing unless they collect on a favorable legal outcome either by settlement or by jury trial if necessary. Jurors may be incensed to hear about how the Marines and Navy covered up their knowledge of contaminated drinking water. Millions of US Marines were exposed to levels of VOCs, volatile organic compounds, benzene, and other toxic from a local dry cleaner dumping their waste products into the local water drainage.