The Honoring our PACT Act, which addresses burnpits exposures for thousands of veterans, also included several other provisions for a variety of toxic military contamination issues. Notably, the PACT Act included the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The new legislation provides the ability for those impacted by Camp Lejeune contaminated drinking water to pursue claims and legal recourse previously unavailable to victims
Camp Lejeune Contamination
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Camp Lejeune ContaminationIn the NewsUS CongressVideo
BREAKING NEWS: US Senate Passes PACT Act and Lejeune Justice Act 86-11
The US Senate held another vote and successfully passed the PACT Act and the…
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Camp Lejeune ContaminationIn the NewsUS CongressVideo
US Senate Takes Up PACT Act and Lejeune Justice Act This Week
The US Senate is taking up the PACT Act and the Camp Lejeune Justice…
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In most discussions in the media regarding Camp Lejeune water contamination, often the focus is given only to 4 core chemicals – TCE, PCE, benzene and vinyl chloride. While these were prevalent in extraordinary amounts in the groundwater and soil for decades at Lejeune, they are not the only chemicals that were found. According to the EPA, there were many more (at varying levels) determined as site contaminants and published as part of the original EPA Superfund listing.
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Camp Lejeune ContaminationClaims Information
Current Summary of Available Camp Lejeune Contamination Benefits and Compensation
If you served at the United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune or Marine…
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Indeed, personal medical records management can be a bit exhausting. We’ll offer some tips on how to make that easier. In addition, we think this is also a great opportunity to offer a refresher on the claims process as it pertains to Camp Lejeune contamination (many of the steps for other locations through the VA should be similar).
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As of March 14, the recent VA Rule to establish presumptive status for 8 illnesses for military service members exposed at Lejeune went into effect.
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Camp Lejeune ContaminationCivilian Exposure PressIn the NewsVideo
Civilian Exposure Interview on WITN
Watch: Gavin P. Smith, Executive Director and Founder of Civilian Exposure, is asked to comment on the recent VA decision on Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Contamination.
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Congratulations to those that may receive it. We are not sure how this $2billion will spread around in terms of total compensation available on an average per claimant basis. This may be a low payout given the volume of exposed at Lejeune. Given the history of this issue and the actions of government agencies involved, we remain cautiously optimistic. Time will tell as to the sufficiency of this payout.
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Camp Lejeune ContaminationCamp Lejeune Contamination StudiesChemical InformationScience
Camp Lejeune Report: Reconstructing Historical VOC Concentrations in Drinking Water
A new article on water-modeling used to support epidemiological studies at Camp Lejeune has been published in the international peer-reviewed journal WATER. The title of the article is: “Reconstructing Historical VOC Concentrations in Drinking Water for Epidemiological Studies at a U.S. Military Base,” by M.L. Maslia, M.M. Aral, P.Z. Ruckart, and F. J. Bove.