Years later, Marine families bear scars of poisoning at Camp Lejeune
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Veterans Administration Whistleblowers, Part 1 The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing on the increasing number of whistle-blower complaints within the Veterans Health Administration. Witnesses spoke about retaliation they had suffered.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?320316-1/hearing-whistleblowers-va%20).
I was wondering if the water, flushed or sent out to sea, was carried up the coast. Anyway, TODAY is a meeting
from VA website:
Exposure to Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune
https://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/claims-postservice-exposures-camp-lejeune-water.asp
Latest update: The Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel meeting will be held on February 27, 2018. Please check the ATSDR Camp Lejeune webpage for more information.
Camp Lejeune presumptive diseases
As part of VA’s ongoing commitment to provide quality care to Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs has established a presumption of service connection for eight diseases associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Active duty, reserve, and National Guard members who served at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River, N.C. for a minimum of 30 days (cumulative) from August 1, 1953, through December 31, 1987, may be eligible for disability benefits. The presumption rule was published on January 13, 2017, and became effective March 14, 2017.
The presumptive diseases are [no mention of infertility and miscarriages]:
Adult leukemia
Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
Bladder cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Multiple myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and
Parkinson’s disease