United States military members put their lives on the line to protect their citizens. Servicemembers and their families must live where they are assigned, which is often on base. They have the right to expect that the place they call home will be safe. Unfortunately,…
Some scientists have called the Camp Lejeune water crisis one of the worst public drinking water contaminations in the country’s history. For approximately 30 years, those working and living at Camp Lejeune – about one million people in total – were exposed to extremely high…
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) was signed into law on August 10, 2022, as part of the Honoring Our PACT Act. According to recent news reports, more than 5,000 victims have already filed a claim to receive support for their injuries sustained by exposure…
According to an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), workers inside the VA mishandled thousands of Camp Lejeune disability claims filed by veterans victimized by the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. Five years ago, the VA began…
Around one million military personnel, their families, and civilians who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base drank, cooked with, and bathed in severely contaminated water for years. The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other harmful chemicals that were discovered have been linked…
Established in 1952 in North Carolina, countless military personnel have lived and worked at Camp Lejeune. When constructed, it was a state-of-the-art training center for U.S. Marines. Camp Lejeune is home to active-duty military, their families, veterans and civilian employees. It is an entire community,…
On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed into law the PACT Act. The legislation serves as the largest health care and benefits expansion in the history of the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA). It includes the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allows contaminated water victims to…
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is now law, though political drama briefly made its fate seem murky. The measure was part of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, a bill designed to help veterans injured by…
If the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 passes, President Joe Biden will sign it making it possible for individuals exposed to toxic chemicals through the water supply at Camp Lejeune to file a lawsuit against the United States government. While the Camp Lejeune legislation…
For more than 30 years, service members and their families stationed at a military base in North Carolina unknowingly drank and bathed in water contaminated with hazardous chemicals. In the 1980s, Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC, tested its water supply for environmental toxins. The base…