Marine Corps Families Should Consider That Local Tap Water May Have Caused Their Child To Be Stillborn Or Have Leukemia

The connection between Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that cause birth defects, stillborn babies, and childhood cancer deaths, is now coming to light

Thursday, August 11, 2022 - Marine parents with children who have cancer have been patiently waiting for the day they could file a lawsuit against the federal government holding the Marine Corp responsible for causing their Camp Lejeune cancer. That day arrived yesterday when President Biden signed the Honoring Our Pact Act which includes the Camp Lejeune Justice Act into law. The Act permits Marines and civilian employees the right to file a claim seeking lump-sum monetary compensation for their loss. Thousands of Camp Lejeune children have been stillborn or developed leukemia and other deadly childhood diseases and died. Parents are angry that the marine corp failed to alert the public for decades that drinking water wells on the base were contaminated with toxic chemicals. Signs that a child may have leukemia include "fatigue, fever, weight loss, and easy bruising or bleeding," according to torhoermanlaw.com. Statistics indicate that around one million people have passed through camp Lejeune. So many Camp Lejeune children have been stillborn and or died from childhood cancer that a section of the local cemetery has earned the name "Baby Heaven." Pregnant mothers drinking Camp Lejeune tap water were unaware that it contained volatile organic compounds that could harm their fetus. Mothers with stillborn babies at Camp Lejeune also had no way to make a connection between drinking the local tap water and their child developing cancer and dying for decades. One woman, the wife of a Marine stationed at the base years ago, and mother to a stillborn child, told SpectrumLocalNews, "It's been 36 years, my child would have been 36 years old this year, and I didn't think I would see them acknowledge anything. They finally acknowledged they did something wrong," Williams-Pride said" Mothers of stillborn babies that once lived on the Camp Lejeune military base of other US military installation should contact a Camp Lejeune water attorney to analyze their claim.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has analyzed new tests that have raised concern that the drinking water contamination problem is not limited to Camp Lejeune and could affect all of the nation's military installations. The group's analyst Jared Hayes told eenews.com, "For too long, service members and people living in communities near military installations have been the victims of the Pentagon's failure to act, Hayes said in a statement. The extent of contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances across bases is extremely high, according to EWG policy analyst Jared Hayes, who said the pollution is a further indictment of how officials have handled the situation." Marine Corp officials have been accused of failing to put forth an adequate effort to alert the population about the drinking water contamination problems for decades. Yesterday's signing of the Honoring Our Pact Act and the Camp Lejeune Justice Act will help families receive the lump-sum compensation they deserve.

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