[CPEO-MEF] VETERANS, VOCs: "Camp Lejeune [NC] Toxic Water Victims Still Wait for Justice"

[Lenny Siegel]

Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Victims Still Wait for Justice
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act promised aid to Marines and families harmed by the base’s water. Over a year later, many claims are stuck in limbo.

By Neil Gordon
POGO.org
October 13, 2023


On August 10, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The law allows those who were exposed to toxic water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987 to seek financial compensation for cancers and other health problems linked to the water. 

Over those years, the drinking water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, had been contaminated with toxic substances discharged from leaking underground storage tanks, industrial area spills, waste disposal sites, and an off-base dry cleaning business. But until the Camp Lejeune Justice Act passed, many who sought compensation for water-linked injuries and deaths were blocked by the state’s 10-year filing deadline.

The law gives victims until next August to file claims with the U.S. Navy or, if the Navy denies their claim or doesn’t issue a decision within six months, the local North Carolina federal district court.

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For the entire analysis, see
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/camp-lejeune-toxic-water-victims-still-wait-for-justice
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)