Volatile Chemicals May Be Only The Beginning Of The Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Problem

Other known carcinogens are showing up in the tap water of Camp Lejeune residents

Thursday, November 10, 2022 - Being able to file a claim against the Federal government is a major accomplishment never before successfully implemented. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act overrides the archaic North Carolina Statute of Repose, which like the statute of limitations, limits the amount of time one had to file a lawsuit or else forfeit the right. The Carolina Journal explains. "The specific statute at issue, North Carolina's Statute of Repose, prevented tort suits against defendants brought more than 10 years after their last culpable act. In the case of Camp Lejeune, this meant victims needed to file litigation no more than 10 years after the United States stopped distributing toxic water, often before they knew about the water contamination or showed symptoms of health complications." The Statute of Repose states that the clock starts on the date the initial infraction occurred, not when the plaintiff became alerted to their injury. "The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CJLA) is the culmination of a more than two-decade fight that allows victims of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune's toxic water exposure to pursue justice for the first time in the court system." In this case, 1953 marked the first time that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was thought of to have been contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are believed to lead to developing cancer or other life-threatening illnesses like Parkinson's disease. Tens of thousands of the millions of US marines and civilians that passed through Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 have been sickened and could do nothing about it.

It has taken a fight for more than a decade by several servicemembers to get the US Congress and House to address the issue. The Department of Defense (DOD) now admits that they failed to inform the residents of Camp Lejeune about drinking water contamination for more than ten years after they became aware. During that time more than one hundred thousand people drank the tap water and have become sickened. Legal experts think that more than 200,000 Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims will be filed during the two-year window starting on August 2, 2022, in which they will be allowed. If you or a loved one have served, worked, or lived on Camp Lejeune and have been diagnosed with cancer or if you have a loved one who did and died, you should speak with a Camp Lejeune water attorney to help you file a claim. Hiring an attorney will help you to arrive at a dollar amount that you may claim, a figure which could be over one million dollars. A most interesting observation of The Carolina Journal report is that experts acknowledge that the admission of VOCs in Camp Lejeune drinking water may be only the tip of the military's water contamination problems. It was recently learned that PFAS forever chemicals from using firefighting foam have also contaminated the Camp Lejeune and Naval Air Station water wells leading to resident and business tap water. Lawsuits may seek to hold 3M, DuPont, and about a dozen other companies liable for failing to warn the military about the water contamination crisis.

Information provided by CampLejeuneJusticeActClaim.com, a website devoted to providing news about Camp Lejeune Justice Act Claim, including a free no-cost, no-obligation Camp Lejeune Justice Act Claim.