An opening exists for more inclusivity in the Burn Pits Bill H.R. 2372 which streamlines the process for obtaining VA benefits for burn pits and other toxic waste exposures. The bill is directed at those service members who were exposed to contaminates, especially in burn pits, where diseases appear years later because a latency period exists before disease detection.
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I’m a wife and caregiver to my now 82-year old Marine. My husband’s medical conditions NEVER STOP!! It all started in 1991, when he had blockages and ended up with 4 stents outside his heart. I was shocked when he started complaining of what felt like a toothache and even a heartburn episode. He went to his doctor where they told him to immediately go to the ER.
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My dad was a Vietnam hospital corpsman exposed to Agent Orange. He has three of the 13 types of cancer possible from it. I struggled for the last 9 years to help his body heal itself. As for me, I have MS, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and a spinal injury in 2008, resulting in needing stem cell procedure. But because of the Camp Lejeune water and the inoculations they gave us, my stem cell injection failed.
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The following is a personal story submitted to Civilian Exposure and published as part of our new series: “Contamination Chronicles: Personal Stories of Exposure”. If you would like to submit your story, you may fill out our form here or send directly via email to share-@-civilianexposure.org. – I was born at Camp Lejeune in 1953. I believe my dad was exposed and poisoned there and died an awful (but thankfully short) death at the age of 56.
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As an infant in the early 1980s, Brent Wilson lived with his family at Camp Lejeune, a U.S. Marine base in North Carolina. His father, GI Wilson, a retired colonel who had a decorated 37-year military career, was stationed on the base for several years between combat assignments. Little did the Wilson family know, simply being on that military base and drinking the water there could cause cancer.
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It has been a while since I have taken the time to sit down…
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I served in the US Marines at Camp Lejeune in 1954 and 1955. I…
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My husband served 20 years in the Marines. He loved every minute of it…
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I was in the Marine Corps and stationed in Okinawa at Camp foster in 1972-73. I was an auto mechanic/driver in a transportation unit while serving at Camp Foster. In addition, I was intermittently in the middle of the water contamination at Camp Lejeune from 1971-73.
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I’m a former Marine. In 1971, I was in the Naval Hospital at Camp…