Marines Were Surprised By Their Camp Lejeune Water Cancer Diagnosis

Media outrage over the Marine Corp's negligence is helping to alert the survivors of Camp Lejeune water cancer

Sunday, August 14, 2022 - Most US Marines that returned home from wars in foreign countries thought they were healthy only to learn in the years to come that they have cancer. For decades, military veterans were unable to pinpoint the exact source of their illness and suffered and died silently. Many survivors of Marines with cancer were tormented with the question of what caused their loved one's cancer and the Honoring Our Pact Act and Camp Lejeune Justice Act is providing answers. Survivors of deceased US Marines are making the connection between drinking toxic tap water at Camp Lejeune Marine Base in North Carolina, and the diseases that killed their loved ones. Camp Lejeune cancer lawsuits are prompting stories on the local 6 o'clock news programs telling about cancer that US marines have suffered from. Local media outlets, many of which are in North Carolina where Camp Lejeune is located, are running stories of people who have or are planning to file Camp Lejeune water lawsuits now that the Honoring Our Pact Act has been signed into law. Every time a new story runs, thousands more victims of the Camp Lejeune water contamination crisis are alerted that they may now take action to file a lawsuit. Some Marines died from cancer fifty years ago and survivors are just now becoming informed that the Marine Corp was responsible. Marines that were given a cancer diagnosis were stunned because they seemed otherwise healthy, may have no history of cancer in their family, never smoked, and never worked in an environment where second-hand smoke was present. .

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is the crown jewel of the legislation and lifts the very narrow statute of limitation that was being imposed. With the passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, any marine, civilian employee, or family member may now file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit against the Marine Corps, Department of Defense, and the US Federal government for failing to contain the carcinogenic run-off of toxic waste pits into the underlying water table feeding Camp Lejeune residents and workers. The kicker is that the CLJA covers any US marine or civilian employees that was stationed or worked on the base since 1953 when the Marine Corp first discovered that improperly disposing of toxic waste was causing their water wells to become contaminated. Thousands of cases of Camp Lejeune water contamination cancer may have occurred from 1953 - 1987. Many have died and Marines now have an answer why. According to the CDC, "Tests from routine water treatment plant sampling and samples of water supply wells identified that trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), vinyl chloride (VC) and benzene contaminated some drinking water sources at Camp Lejeune. They are all colorless chemicals." Marines and their family members may have died from leukemia, aplastic anemia, multiple myeloma, or other forms of cancer. Camp Lejeune water contamination may also be connected with Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders.

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