The Janey Ensminger Act in 2012 Paved The Way For The More Comprehensive Camp Lejeune Justice Act

More than one million people served or worked at Marine Base Camp Lejeune and have been exposed to carcinogenic drinking water

Monday, January 16, 2023 - The success of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act owes a debt of gratitude to the 2012 passage of The Janey Ensminger Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama, which provided health care to veterans and their family members who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, and developed cancer. The Act expanded the number of types of cancer presumed to have been caused by ingesting contaminated Camp Lejeune water. The types of cancer listed as presumed by the Camp Lejeune Justice Act are as follows: adult leukemia, aplastic anemia, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Parkinson's disease, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, renal toxicity, and hepatic steatosis. If you have suffered from one of the diseases above or have lost a loved one who spent time at Camp Lejeune, you may qualify to file a Camp Lejeune Justice Act claim for substantial lump-sum monetary compensation. Janey Ensminger was the daughter of retired Marine Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger who served at Camp Lejeune during the time in question. Janey was born on Camp Lejeune after her mother unknowingly drank, bathed in, and played in contaminated Camp Lejeune water throughout her pregnancy. Sadly, Janey Ensminger died at age 9 from childhood leukemia. People allege that drinking the base's ordinary tap water for 30 days or longer directly led to one of a list of types of cancer. The CLJA allows military personnel, civilian employees, and others to file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit against the federal government if their claim for lump sum compensation is denied. According to Stripes.com, there were several sources of water contamination. " Camp Lejeune serves as the largest Marine base on the East Coast, but high levels of toxins poisoned the base's drinking water for 30 years after it seeped through the ground from a nearby dry cleaning facility, on-base units that cleaned military equipment and a fuel leak from an underground fuel storage tank."

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is turning out to be the single greatest piece of legislation ever passed to ensure that those injured by the negligence of the US military are fully compensated. From 1953 to 1987 the water supply at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was contaminated with volatile organic chemicals and industrial solvents from improper unlined waste disposal pits and from chemicals used to clean machinery and weaponry. Camp Lejeune tap water was contaminated with Trichloroethylene (TCE) Perchloroethylene, Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride, and Benzene. Blame for the water contamination was initially placed on a local dry cleaning company that illegally dumped chemical dry cleaning solvent wasted into a nearby storm drain for years. Approximately 14,000 Camp Lejeune water claims have been filed seeking lump-sum monetary compensation for any one of a list of presumptive illnesses. Also, women who were pregnant during their stay at Camp Lejeune have filed claims because they had miscarriages, children who were stillborn, and children who have serious facial and spinal birth defects.

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