Camp Lejeune Marine Veterans, Civilian Employees, And Their Families Should Undergo Cancer Testing

Water Contamination Lawsuit News

Tens of thousands of US Marines and their family members, and also civilian employees and their families may have been exposed to carcinogens in their drinking water

Monday, May 30, 2022 - Now is the time for families that have lived on or near Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina at any time from 1957 to the present to hold the US military accountable for causing cancer or death within their family. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act will soon become law allowing veterans, civilian employees, and their family members the right to sue the government for financial compensation. For several decades Marines stationed at the base, their families, and those who lived near the base drank water that was contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals. The victims of the government's negligence include the children who were born with leukemia and other forms of cancer after pregnant mothers drank and bathed in the local tap water during their pregnancy. Pregnant mothers also have had stillborn children or miscarriages due to PFAS chemicals from the base. Thousands of Marines, their spouses, and children have died from cancer as a result of drinking PFAS tap water. Thousands of others are starting to show the early signs of cancer. Filing a water contamination lawsuit may afford veterans and their families compensation in the form of a generous settlement or lottery like jury award. It is important to contact a PFAS forever chemical lawyer if one has had stillborn births, miscarriages, childhood leukemia, or other neurological disorder like childhood autism in their family, or as soon as one is diagnosed with cancer.

It is a fact that you may have been injured by the government's negligence from drinking toxic Camp Lejeune tap water. It is only natural to deny having developed PFAS cancer and to assume one is healthy. Everyone, however, who lived on or near the base should be screened for cancer. Cancer sometimes has a latency period of 10 or more years before the symptoms become obvious. People living or working on or around the Marine installation may have repeatedly and for a year or more ingested carcinogenic quantities of PFAS forever chemical leading to cancer just by taking a daily drink of tap water. PFAS cancer lawyers are available for meetings free of charge to assess your eligibility to file a claim against the government for failing to protect soldiers and their families.

The water supply at Camp Lejuene was tested in the early 1980s and found to contain toxic, possibly carcinogenic chemicals like trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE), both of which are considered forever chemicals since their molecular bonds are so strong they do not break down organically. Ingesting these chemicals through drinking water causes them to rapidly accumulate in the blood to levels that can cause cancer. Volatile organic compounds were also found in the drinking water presumably contaminated by a local dry-cleaning establishment decades ago. PFAS chemicals may have also contaminated the water supply after Marine firefighters used firefighting foam to douse petroleum and jet-fuel fires. Firefighting foam is useful for covering and smothering petroleum fires however it is made from toxic forever chemicals.

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