[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Veteran's cancer may be tied to [Camp Lejeune, NC]

[Lenny Siegel]

Veteran's cancer may be tied to U.S. Marine base

CBS Chicago (IL)
November 8, 2017


Former U.S. Marine Rick Derrig says he's disappointed in his government. The 62-year-old cancer patient learned he drank contaminated water for years on a U.S. military base in North Carolina.

CBS Chicago reports Derrig was based at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville during a time when it had highly contaminated, cancer-causing drinking water.

And to make matters worse, Derrig says no one from the Department of Defense told him about his exposure to the tainted wells.

"It would be nice if they even sent like a little postcard, 'If you served on this base from this time to this time and you have these symptoms,'" he said. 

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For the entire story, see
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-derrig-veterans-cancer-may-be-tied-us-marine-base/

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Lenny Siegel
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