A Camp Lejeune Cemetary Is Called Baby Heaven Because So Many Children Have Died From Toxic Drinking Water

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Service members stationed at Camp Lejeune may be unaware that their cancer and other health problems are due to drinking toxic tap water

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - More than one million service members, family members, and civil staff working or living on or near the Camp Lejeune Marine installation in North Carolina may have ingested toxic, carcinogenic forever chemicals from the local water supply. People on or near the base starting in the early 1970s to the present have either drank, cooked with, or bathed in water that has dangerously high levels of "trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), dichloroethylene (DCE) -- along with other contaminants has been scientifically proven to cause cancers, birth defects, and other life-threatening health problems," according to Kansas.com. One disturbing particularly disturbing aspect of the report made the other day disclosed some of the details of the birth defects of children born to mothers who drank, cooked with, and bathed in water contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals. Most of the millions of married service members were young and starting families. They had spouses that were pregnant or were pregnant themselves. Thousands of military children have been born in the last decade with permanent birth defects and autism. Many pregnant women suffered miscarriages or premature deliveries and other life-threatening complications. "Families gave birth to healthy children, who, once exposed to the contaminated water, developed cancers and chronic illnesses. Many tragically passed -- so many, that one local cemetery is called "Baby Heaven," Kansas.com reported.

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA), when approved by the Senate, will give service members with cancer or other forever chemical disease the right to sue the Federal Government for lump-sum monetary damages according to PFAS cancer lawyers. Authorities at the base sent a letter to service members years ago alerting them of the drinking water problems and advising them to talk to the Veteran's Administration (VA) to apply for special monetary benefits. They wrote, "The notice stated that those stationed at the base for more than 30 days during a three-decade period should contact the VA about eligibility for a disability claim if diagnosed with one of eight presumptive conditions," according to Kansas.com. The notices were too little, too late for many since their exposure to toxins happened decades prior. Equally unfortunate was that only certain types of cancer or certain conditions qualified for benefits. The CLJA, if enacted, will change all that, as will the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2021, also known as the Honoring our PACT Act. The CLJA is part of the latter. Cancers and other respiratory illnesses due to exposure to burn pits in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the base in the US where soldiers and their families were stationed will also be covered by The Act. Underlying the logic behind the legislation is that the Federal government has a responsibility to take care of veterans and their families that have been injured during service and that their sicknesses due to toxic tap drinking water must be included.

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