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The 13,164-acre Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station site is located in Havelock, North Carolina, and includes an active U.S. Marine Corps installation – Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point. It opened in 1942. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1994 because of contaminated groundwater, soil, sediment and surface water resulting from the installation’s operations. More recently, nearby private residential water wells have tested positive for PFAS, prompting the beginning of an extensive investigation into the root cause at the base in 2018.

Over the past several months, the VA solicited feedback to revise rules on Camp…

Two drinking water systems at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina were contaminated with solvents during 1950s-1985.   The new Camp Lejeune civilian mortality study finds higher mortality hazard ratios for leukemias and other health risks.

A very important case comes before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC this week.  On April 23rd, the court will take up the case of CTS Corporation v. Waldburger – about whether a North Carolina law can void claims made by victims of hazardous waste. This could set a precedent that denies justice for the nearly one million Marines, families, and civilians exposed to toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune.  If they find in favor of CTS, any claim filed by veterans for health issues related to contamination after 1995 could become null and void.

From author Mike Magner comes this fresh and revealing look at the ongoing tragic consequences of decades of water contamination and neglect at Camp Lejeune, NC.  Anyone that picks up this book will shake their heads in disbelief as to the extent of this contamination and the denials involved.  Plus, it poses the question we’ve already been asking here at Civilian Exposure…is this just the tip of the iceberg?  How many more military bases and installations have suffered from toxic contamination.  How many military and civilian employees around the country have been exposed and are now suffering serious health problems as a result?

On April 23rd, the Supreme Court will take up the Waldburger case.  Essentially, that case could set a precedent that jeopardizes the ability of many veterans and civilians alike from filing claims against the federal government for their toxic exposures at Camp Lejeune.

Camp Lejeune, NC – Map of Hadnot Point Chemical Plumes