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Agencies
- Government Won’t Remove Thousands of Tons of Potentially Toxic Chemical Weapons Dumped Off US Coasts
- Brief Summary of Current VA Health Registry Programs
- Background Information on Superfund Sites
- EPA and NCEH Updates on PFCs (PFOA and PFOS)
- Camp Lejeune: Our Response and Comments to Latest VA Rule
- Proposed New VA Rule for Camp Lejeune Contamination
- EPA Update on PFOA and PFOS
- ATSDR Lejeune Studies Evidence Summary 2015
- Boehner Critical of Lack of VA Reform Under New Leadership
- Updated VA Claims Information and Stats
- Guidance for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Staff – Camp Lejeune Water
- Summary of All 2014 ATSDR Studies and Impact
- Recent USA Today Article Gives Behind-The-Scenes Look at VA
- ATSDR Responds to the IOM Review of VA Clinical Guidance
- IOM Review of Camp Lejeune VA Clinical Guidance
- Civilian Exposure Launches FOIA Request with DOL and DOD
- New for Military: VA Camp Lejeune Family Member Program
- ATSDR Continues Studies on Camp Lejeune Contamination
Air Force
- Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville SC
- McGuire Air Force Base #1 Wrightstown NJ
- Luke Air Force Base Glendale AZ
- Military Bases’ Contamination Will Affect Water for Generations
- F.E. Warren Air Force Base Cheyenne WY
- George Air Force Base Victorville CA
- Andersen Air Force Base – Yigo, Guam
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base – Oscoda, MI
- Chanute Air Force Base Rantoul IL
- Griffiss Air Force Base (11 Areas) Rome NY
- Pease Air Force Base Portsmouth/Newington NH
- McClellan Air Force Base (Ground Water Contamination) McClellan AFB CA
- Contamination to be Cleaned up at Pease Air Force Base
- Samples of Water Pollution Exist at Grissom Air Reserve Base
Army
Audio
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 2 Episode 5
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 2 Episode 4
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 2 Episode 3
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 2 Episode 2
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 2 Episode 1
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 13
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 12
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 11
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 10
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 9
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 8
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 7
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 6
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 5
- Civilian Exposure Podcasts
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 4
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 3
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 2
- Civilian Exposure Podcast Season 1 Episode 1
- Civilian Exposure – Warrior Connection Interview on PRN
- Civilian Exposure – Veterans Radio Interview
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) Meeting Recap and Audio – 2-23-2015
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) Meeting Audio – 12-15-2014
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) Meeting Audio – 11-17-2014
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) Meeting Audio 10-20-2014
- BlogTalkRadio interview with Mike Magner
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) Meeting Audio – 8-18-2014
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) Meeting Audio – 7-21-2014
Board of Advisors
Camp Lejeune Contamination
- BREAKING NEWS: POTUS Signs PACT Act w/ Camp Lejeune Justice Act Into Law
- BREAKING NEWS: US Senate Passes PACT Act and Lejeune Justice Act 86-11
- US Senate Takes Up PACT Act and Lejeune Justice Act This Week
- Full List of Camp Lejeune Site Contaminants
- Current Summary of Available Camp Lejeune Contamination Benefits and Compensation
- Obtaining Records and Filing Exposure Claims
- VA Rule Revision on Lejeune Published
- Civilian Exposure Interview on WITN
- Breaking: Payout Approved for Lejeune Marines
- Camp Lejeune Report: Reconstructing Historical VOC Concentrations in Drinking Water
- Camp Lejeune Family Member Program 2016 Update
- FOIA Documents on DOD Redactions
- Camp Lejeune Estimated Drinking Water Contamination Tables
- Reader Question – Lead at Lejeune?
- US Seeks to Dismiss Remaining Lejeune MDL Claims
- Lejeune, Toxic Research Act, Burr, Mabus & More
- Latest Announcement VA a Positive Step for Lejeune Victims
- Good Infographic on Camp Lejeune Contamination
- New York Times Article on Proving Lejeune Contamination
- Overview of Camp Lejeune Water Contamination History
- National Journal Article Highlights Fight for Camp Lejeune Victims
- Atlanta Appeals Court Rules Against Camp Lejeune Claimants
- New Video Features Vets Sharing Camp Lejeune Contamination Stories
- Interactive Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Timeline
- Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water Resource Site
- Camp Lejeune Contamination Maps
Camp Lejeune Contamination Studies
- CDC ATSDR Soil Vapor Intrusion Study – Proposed Work Plan Draft
- New Contaminated Water Birth Study Released by CDC ATSDR
- Camp Lejeune ATSDR Release: Birth Defects and Childhood Cancer Study
- Official ATSDR Press Release – Camp Lejeune Civilian Mortality Study
- Download Full Copy of Camp Lejeune Civilian Mortality Study
- Civilian Study Published in Environmental Health Journal
- Newly Released Study Links Water Contamination to Childhood Leukemia
CAP Updates
- CDC Camp Lejeune CAP Meeting – 5.13.2015 – Transcript Available
- Full Video: CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Quarterly Meeting – Greensboro, NC – 5.13.2015
- Full Video: CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Public Forum – Greensboro, NC – 5.12.2015
- CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Live Stream 5-12-2015 and 5-13-2015
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Monthly Call – 4.20.2015
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Monthly Call – 03.30.2015
- A Few Q and As from the January 15 CAP Meeting
- CDC Camp Lejeune CAP Meeting – 1.15.2015 – Transcript Now Available
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Meeting Notes 2-23-2015
- CDC ATSDR Camp Lejeune CAP Meeting – 1.15.2015 – Full Video
- Transcript Released of CDC ATSDR 9-11-14 Meeting
- October 2014 Camp Lejeune CAP Meeting
- Camp Lejeune CAP Meeting Streaming Live on Sept 11
- Sept 11 CAP Agenda
- Archive of CAP Meeting Minutes 2007-2014
- July 21 2014 ATSDR – CAP Meeting Updates
- Founder Selected to Join CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel
Chemical Information
- TCE & Me, Part IV
- TCE & Me, Part III
- TCE & Me, Part II
- TCE & Me
- Introducing a New Profile Series on TCE
- Radiation Exposure and the Military
- Water Safety
- Can I Get Tested for Chemical Exposure?
- New HHS Dept Report Now Lists TCE as Human Carcinogen
- Facts About PCE – Percloroethylene
- Reported Health Effects Linked to TCE, PCE, Benzene and Vinyl Chloride
- Facts About DCE – Dichloroethene
- Facts About Benzene
- Facts About TCE – Tricloroethylene
Civilian Exposure Press
Claims Information
Contamination Chronicles
- Our Drinking Water Was Not Just Radioactive
- Mounting Health Problems Over the Years
- My Dad’s Exposure to Agent Orange
- Paula Twitty Bushman Testimonial for NSU INIM
- Liver Problems For The Entire Family
- A Widow’s Story
- Schofield Nuclear and Chemical Poisoning
- My Toxic Workplace Exposures to VOCs
- Please Share My Story About Burn Pits Exposure
- RDX: The Groundwater Contaminant You Have Probably Never Heard Of
- From Oklahoma to Okinawa, B52 exposure issues linger
- Stewart Air Force Base Poisoning Civilians From a Toxic Chemical Dumpsite Buried in the ‘60s
- Multiple Myeloma From Ft. Ord Contamination
- We Used AFFF For Everything
- To Not “Be Foamed” Was A Dishonor
- Like A Fool
- The VA’s “Magic Window”
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal Exposures
- What Can I Do?
- Our Family’s Ft. Devens Exposures
- My Life After Lejeune
- Biological Weapon Experiments – If Nuclear Weapons Testing Wasn’t Enough!
- Camp Lejeune Killed My Husband
- Exposed to Radiation Near Guam
- Exposures at Enewetak and Shemya
- Exposures at Okinawa and Lejeune
- Neuropathy Issues From Lejeune Exposure
- Life After Contamination
- Denied and Giving Up
- My Fort Ord and Fort Clayton Exposures
- Seizures, Cancers, and Health Concerns from Camp Lejeune Exposure
- How Are Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Project Members Still Alive?
- My Time Living at Tarawa Terrace
- El Toro & Lejeune – An Exposed Dependent
- Denied for Lejeune Exposure
- Exposures at El Toro and Lejeune
- Lejeune – The Good, Bad, and Ugly
- A Camp Lejeune Widow
- Coverage For Other Illnesses From Camp Lejeune?
- Watching My Husband Die Minute By Minute
- I Wish My Mother Never Joined The Marine Corps
- Drinking and Showering At Camp Lejeune
- Remanded, But Not Approved, For Lejeune Exposures
- Camp Garcia, Puerto Rico
- Ft. Leonard Wood – A Hidden Cleanup
- Exposed In Utero at Camp Lejeune
- I Was Exposed at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
- Those Bastards at Lejeune Owe Me!
- Lejeune Contamination Disgraceful – Victims Should Be Compensated
- My Story About Naval Station Guam
- Exposures at Mare Island and Pendleton
- From TCE to Radioactive Exposures – Amchitka to Shemya
- VA Will Take Any Negative Info And Hold It Against You For Life
- What It Looks Like to Drink, Breathe, Shower, and Cook With TCE
- I Was Born at Lejeune And This is My Story
- VA Claim In For Over A Year And Have Heard Nothing
- I Flew On Air Force Transports Carrying Agent Orange
- Can’t Find Medical Records from Adak Exposure
- I’m Even a VA Employee and was Denied
- Exposure to TCE in 1972 Has Changed My Life
- My Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Exposure
- Reservist With Neurobehavioral Issues
- Fibromyalgia and Exposure to Camp Lejeune Water
- What Rights Do Lejeune Dependents Have?
- Someone Has To Be Held Accountable!
- Agent Orange in Panama and Thailand
- A Widow’s Story – Redux
- No Clue We Were Exposed to Dioxin and PCB Contamination
- A Terrible Injustice
- A Child of Lejeune Toxic Water Contamination
- The VA Denied, Then He Died
- I Saw AO Being Sprayed Everywhere on Guam
- I Have Cancer 37 Years Later from the Lejeune Contamination Cover-Up
- More Than Just Military Members Exposed to Chemicals
- Years and Years Later, Skin Issues Plague Me
- Lingering Health Impacts of Lejeune Water on Me and My Family
- Fort Devens, Massachusetts Poisoned Our Water
- Barrels of Misery at Fort Chaffee
- If You Come Here, Don’t Even Take A Shower!
- Exposed at McClellan
- Struggling With An Overlooked Illness
- Falling Through The Cracks
- An Atomic Clean-Up Had Been Turned Into An Atomic Cover-Up
- The Lejeune Claims Process is Tedious
- Please Share My Interview About My Experience on Guam
- Chemical Exposure While Stationed at Ft. McClellan, Alabama
- Lack of Empathy for Dying Veterans
- Camp Lejeune Contamination – Irresponsible and Dishonorable
- It Is Disgusting That the Government Has Gotten Away With This!
- Camp Lejeune – A Mother’s Story
- Unable to Get Approved for Lejeune Contamination
- I Worry About the Water at Lejeune
- Two Parents Exposed – Two Children Affected
- Toxic Wastes on Shemya AFB – Aleutian Islands, AK
- Destined to Suffer for the Rest of Our Lives
- I Have Suffered Dearly From the Day that I Was Born
- The Longer the VA Denies Claims, the Less They Will Have to Pay Out
- How Much Longer Must I Wait?
- I Don’t Hide Behind ‘No Comment’!
- My Mother Carried Me Full Term While Drinking, Cooking and Bathing in Lejeune Toxic Water
- I Have Lost $1,250,000 of My Own Money Since Becoming Sick in 2008
- Exposed for 317 Days at the “Lejeune Poison Water Hole”!
- Deny, Deny … Even After They Die
- Lejeune Claims Denied, Yet You’d Think This Should Be Easy For Me
- We Always Drank the Water on Base
- I Was A Firefighter Exposed to Toxic Chemicals at Andersen AFB Guam
- I’m Damaged. I’m Invisible.
- Double Jeopardy – Exposed at Kadena and Wurtsmith
- My Physical Problems Come from Lejeune Toxic Water Exposure
- The United States Marine Corps is Responsible for the Death of My Entire Family
- Introducing “Contamination Chronicles” – Personal Stories of Exposure
Contributors
Editorial
- Restitution for Civilians Exposed to Contaminates – Can Congress Make It Happen?
- Shifting the Paradigm
- Civilian Exposure Turns 5!
- Can Major Storms Exacerbate Problems at Military Contamination Sites?
- An Open Letter to General Mattis
- Toxic Exposure – A Human Rights Issue
- Civilian Exposure – New Year, New Momentum
- 2017 Christmas Message
- 2017 Thanksgiving Message
- Labor Day Message 2017
- I Used to Work for the EPA – Just How Many “Lejeunes” Do We Have?
- Civilian Exposure Fourth Of July Message 2017
- Memorial Day Message
- Civilian Exposure 2017 – New Year, New Goals
- 2016 Christmas Message
- A Closer Look at the Toxic Exposure Research Act
- The US Military: Contamination at Home and Abroad
- 2016 Thanksgiving Message
- Editorial: VA Claims Wait Times
- Saluting All Veterans and Remembering Civilians on Veterans Day
- Labor Day Message 2016
- The Critical Importance of Patient Advocacy
- Fourth of July Message 2016
- The Proliferation of Government Environmental Negligence: At Home and Abroad
- In Like Flint – Welcome to the Toxic Contamination Party, Michigan!
- VA Mismanagement Continues
- Article on “Science Doubters” in National Geographic
- Honor Our Veterans, Don’t Poison Them
- Open Letter to New NC Senator Thom Tillis
- Make Sure to Vote in All Races
- Is VA Implementing 2012 Camp Lejeune Assistance Law Fast Enough?
- Today Marks the 70th Anniversary of D-Day
FAQs
FOIA
Health Conditions
- Leukemia Facts
- Toxic Exposures and Fertility
- Asperger Syndrome
- Neurobehavioral Effects
- Scleroderma
- Can Contamination Pose Multi-Generational Concerns Via DNA Damage?
- Miscarriage
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Kidney Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Breast Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Hepatic Steatosis
- Renal Toxicity
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
History
In the News
- Military Bases and Fire Fighting Foam
- Moffett Naval Air Station Moffett Field CA
- The Spread of COVID-19 on US Naval Ships
- Military Bases Are Full of Cancer-Causing Compounds
- Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola FL
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Complex Bremerton WA
- Veterans Blame Possible Exposure to Toxic Pesticides for Mystery Illnesses
- The Million PPT Tour – Highlighted Bases
- Civilian Exposure 2019 – The Year Ahead
- It’s #GivingTuesday
- Upcoming Veterans Resource Fair in Ohio
- Profile on PFOA, PFOS and PFAS
- Our Top 10 Military Contamination Topics of 2017
- Revised Final VA Rules on Lejeune Contamination
- Novel Strategy for Dealing With Toxic Contamination: Do Nothing
- Naval Exercises Add Trillions of Pieces of Plastic Debris to Oceans
- Chanute: Pray That Former Base Finally Gets Cleaned Up
- Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
- Gulf War Vets and Brain Cancer
- Yuma Marine Corps Air Station Yuma AZ
- Civilian Exposure’s Top 10 Military Exposure Articles of 2016
- 21st Century Cures Act Moving Through Congress
- Lejeune, Burn Pits Highlighted in Recent VFW Testimony to Congress
- Milestone Reached for Civilian Exposure
- Contaminated Water Linked to Stillbirths in Mass
- NBC News Reports Civilian Mortality Findings
- Happy 4th of July!
- Supreme Court Rally for Victims of Camp Lejeune Contamination
- New Book Release: A Trust Betrayed
- Stories of Exposure Go Beyond Camp Lejeune
- Senator Burr Works to Adjust the Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012
Legal Issues
Marines
Military Contamination Sites
- Patuxent River Naval Air Station Patuxent River MD
- Enewetak Atoll – Marshall Islands
- NAF Atsugi, Japan
- Willow Grove Naval Air and Air Reserve Station Horsham PA
- Alameda Naval Air Station Alameda CA
- Jacksonville Naval Air Station Jacksonville FL
- Japanese government blocks U.S. veterans and local civilians from obtaining evidence of radioactive contamination at a former nuclear weapons base in Okinawa
- Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island WA
- Amchitka, Alaska
- Agent Orange at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas?
- Agent Orange on Military Lands in Okinawa?
- Shemya Island, Alaska
- Adak Naval Air Station Adak AK
- Kadena Air Base – Asia
- Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Fort Ord Marina CA
- Norfolk Naval Base (Sewells Point Naval Complex) Norfolk VA
- Contamination at Willow Grove Naval Air Station
- Other Contaminated U.S. Military Installations
Navy
Newsletter
Okinawa
PFAS-PFOS-PFOA
- PFAS and Afghanistan: Who’s Responsible Now?
- Wells up to 16 miles away from Chemours plant test positive for harmful toxic chemicals
- ChemFAQs: PFAS
- Navy Expands Testing for PFAS in Kitsap
- PFAS in Popular Bottled Water Brands
- PFAS in Food & Water
- Antietam Creek Revisited
- Sources of PFAS Incinerated at Cohoes, NY Revealed
- The Coast Guard and PFAS
- WSSC – Is Our Water OK to Drink?
- The Pence Connection
- House Panel’s PFAS Provisions Set Up Showdown With Senate
- PFAS-Free Firefighting Foams: Are They Safer?
- Orange County Should Sue the Military for PFAS Contamination
- PFAS Contamination of the Chesapeake Bay Region by the Navy and Maryland’s Plan to Test Local Water & Oysters
- The Army Contaminates Fort Ord Region with PFAS and Downplays Health Impacts
- PFAS Contamination at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station – What we don’t know may hurt us
- U.S. Military Contaminates Okinawa with Firefighting Foam Raising Serious Concerns
- Okinawans Express Alarm and Frustration over U.S. Military’s Contamination of the Island’s Water Supply
- Pentagon Reports 250 New Sites Are Contaminated with PFAS
- PFAS Contamination Near George Air Force Base Threatens Public Health
- California Lowers Response Level for PFOS & PFOA in Drinking Water But Much More Needs to be Done
- The PFAS Action Act Fails to Protect Public Health
- What’s In Your Water, Pleasanton?
- Beale – Where Cancer Begins
- The Survey Monkey and the Dog and Pony Show
- Dark Waters
- Seeking Solutions That Already Exist
- Democrats Cave on PFAS
- The US Military is Poisoning Okinawa
- Telling Half The Story
- DOD Inspector General to Investigate PFAS Use in Military
- Once an Air Force Base…
- Carcinogenic PFAS Foam Used at Shannon Airport, Ireland
- California Takes on PFAS Contamination While the Military is a Primary Source of the Pollution
- Robins Air Force Base is Contaminating Georgia
- Power Profit & Poison
- PFAS Contamination at U.S. Airbases in Germany
- Report shows 15 military bases in Maryland contaminated with PFAS
- Chemical Lobby and Health Advocates Square Off on Six PFAS-Related Bills in the US Senate
- Daedalus, Icarus, and Pandora of Old
- A One-on-One with Senator Chris Van Hollen
- The U.S. Senate Goes Easy on DoD Environmental Chief as She Testifies on PFAS Contamination
- NATO Poisons the Earth
- The Military Covers Up the Extent of PFAS Contamination Across the Country While it Continues to Poison Hundreds of Communities
- The Million Parts Per Trillion Tour Summary
- German Town Wittlich-Land Sues German Government for PFAS Contamination Caused by a US/NATO Airbase
- The U.S. Military is Poisoning Germany
- The Military is Poisoning America’s Groundwater – A Photo Essay
Podcasts
Press Releases
Science
Soil Vapor Intrusion
US Congress
Video
- TED Talk: Open-Source Cancer Research
- Documentary Series by Ken Burns – Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies – Episode 4
- Documentary Series by Ken Burns – Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies – Episode 3
- Documentary Series by Ken Burns – Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies – Episode 2
- Documentary Series by Ken Burns – Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies – Episode 1
Products
- A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals: Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines
- A Trust Betrayed (Amazon)
- Civilian Exposure Laptop Sleeve
- Civilian Exposure Mug
- Civilian Exposure Stainless Steel Water Bottle
- Covering the Map: A Survey of Military Pollution Sites in the U.S.
- Environmental and Pollution Science
- Environmental Contamination and Remediation Practices at Former and Present Military Bases
- Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial and Military Sources: From Natural, Industrial and Military Sources
- Exposure: Surviving Historical Ft McClellan
- From Service to Sacrifice
- Military Waste: The Unexpected Consequences of Permanent War Readiness First Edition
- Only One Chance: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development — and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation
- Poisoning the Pacific
- Review of VA Clinical Guidance for the Health Conditions Identified by the Camp Lejeune Legislation
- The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age
- The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement
- The Hanford Plaintiffs: Voices from the fight for Atomic Justice
- The School Poisoning Tragedy in Caledonia, Ohio