Were you or a loved one based at Camp Lejeune between 1953 to 1987? You could be owed compensation!

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Compensation Available for Camp Lejeune Marines

Contaminated water can lead to serious health problems like cancer, renal toxicity, or Parkinson’s disease, to name a few. Everyone should have clean drinking water to avoid these (and other) diseases, but that access is sometimes limited, or there are chemicals in the water that people aren’t aware of until it’s too late – after they’ve been exposed.

Individuals who lived at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between August 1953 and December 1987 may be eligible for compensation due to potential exposure to benzene, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene, and vinyl chloride.

These chemicals are dangerous carcinogens, and levels over 300 times the acceptable level were found in the water in some areas of Camp Lejeune.

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The water became contaminated after underground water storage tanks and waste disposal sites leaked into primary water sources. Those primary water sources, contaminated with dangerous carcinogens, were used for daily water supplies.

There is no guarantee that you were exposed, but you could have been if you and/or your family lived at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987.

The U.S. Department of Marine Affairs has established guidelines for compensating affected individuals. You’re entitled to compensation if you developed one of the following conditions, and you were at Camp Lejeune between the dates listed above.

• Adult
• Bladder cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Liver cancer
• Multiple myeloma
• Parkinson’s disease
• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• leukemia Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes

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These aren’t the only diseases linked to benzene, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene, and vinyl chloride, but they are the only ones with enough evidence related to the contaminated water to provide compensation.

However, the 2012 Camp Lejeune healthcare law established by Marine Affairs provides free healthcare for the following conditions:

• Esophageal cancer
• Breast cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Multiple myeloma
• Renal toxicity
• Female infertility
• Scleroderma
• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Lung cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Leukemia
• Myelodysplastic syndromes
• Hepatic steatosis
• Miscarriage
• Neurobehavioral effects

Again, you must have lived at Camp Lejeune during the time when the water was contaminated to be eligible for cost-free healthcare. You also must receive health care through Marine Affairs to receive this health care.

This healthcare also extends to family members of Marines. To receive this healthcare, you must prove a dependent relationship to a Marine who was at Camp Lejeune and have lived there for at least 30 days during the time when the water was contaminated.

You can learn more about chemical exposure at Camp Lejeune through the Marine Affairs website.