Camp Lejuene Contamination

[Berta]

emailed from Colonel Dan:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_...aGcPM29Qd52wPIE

"U.S. health officials here in Atlanta hope to finish a long-awaited study by year's end to examine whether the water tainted with solvents affected the health of children. It will influence the Pentagon's response to at least 850 pending legal claims by people who lived at the Marine base, officials said. The former residents, who together seek nearly $4 billion, believe their families were afflicted by water containing industrial solvents before the Marines shut off the bad wells in the mid-1980s."

(I wonder if they used the AO there to keep the OQs from being overgrown.) Then again the article says this:

"The scrutiny comes as federal regulators consider whether to tighten restrictions on solvents known as TCE, trichloroethylene, and PCE, tetrachloroethylene, common contaminants at military and private industrial sites. The chemicals were highlighted in a 1998 movie starring John Travolta, "A Civil Action," about a lawsuit against corporate polluters in Woburn, Mass"

Great movie -just like Love Canal situation-years and years of illnesses before any action took place to resolve---

And the movie "China Syndrome" was released the very same week of the Three Mile Island incident.

Fiction can often precede fact.

I feel any Marine situated at Le Jeune with disability of themselves or their families -who used the wells as only source of water- should get an IMO from an Environmental medical expert as to whether the contaminated water at the Camp caused their illnesses.

[hp1030]

I am a battle seasoned hospital corpsman and special warfare operator. I just saw the youtube video on Camp Lejeune, I have cried my eyes out in compassion and empathy with this gunny and his family. My prayers and deepest sympathy to him and all proud veterans affected.

We can not allow this to continue. We have been to hell once too many times and continue to pay a very high price.

[RockyA1911]

No Berta, the suit is filed against the United States of America for Water Contamination at Camp Lejeune. That is what the correspondence from the law firm says that I got 17 January, 2007. Also looking at it again, they are asking for $12M for me and $12M for my deceased infant son. I thought it was $4M x2, but so for me out of the 850, they are asking for $24M out of the $4B class suit.

You see this firm has all of the cover ups that the Marine Corps and DoD, and even the levels analysis report that the EPA manipulated, regarding the contamination, new it, and did nothing but let it continue. What made the well water so toxic was the drainage into it from a dry cleaners and also solvents and degreasers used for cleaning military parts and weapons continually draining into the well water for all those years, all the while we and our dependents drank that water.

They already have the link of the contamination causes in infants and young children. What they are waiting on are the results of causes from it on adults. The firm has already told me they feel certain that GI problems and ulcers, and Barrett's esophagus are connected. We shall see.

This firm specializes in Toxic substances suits. They really talk a good game and have specialized investigative resources.

Hope it is not just a snake oil show!

As you know the funds awarded for agent orange have been depleted and that is the end of that from the Dow thing.

[KennyJ]

I sent in Form 95 last year to DOJ they wrote back and said that if was not their juridiction and forwarded my claim to the Department of navy. The navy wrote back and asked me to fill out a Questionaire which my lawyer took care of. When the Navy contacted me they said they were checking my records to make sure I was actually there at the time I said. They have acknowledged my claim I have been waiting since December 2007.

[slowhand197]

I was in Le Jeune in 1967 and 1968. I got a letter from a law firm about the water. I was going to fill it out and send it back until I took a look at the terms. It said I would be responsible for any associated cost if they lost so I through it out. Maybe I read it wrong but why take a chance

[spike]

this all triggered me to question about a lot of things while i was in the usmc at camp lejeune and bldg 1108 and I stayed on TT1 during 98-2002. I was just informed via email (correspondence I have taken with FIOA), that indeed I was most likely exposed. You can ask for information regarding this if you like. However, I also just found out the evacuation of my bldg 1108, was that there was an environmental incident where I was regularly exposed to concentrations of FUEL. I have been told that The Naval Hospital, all environmental staff Emergency, Base Maintaince and NEHC (Naval Enviormental Hazzards or something based in DC) were involved in the study. Homeland Security is also involved. WTF Sorry but I have never been informed except when we knew something was wrong when the guys in white bio chem suits with radiation monitors were there. Then they evac'd civilians, then evac'd us. The evac letter was mysteriously lost, and I've been inquiring since....Finally I get somewhere......Anyone, please tell me what can happen to 4 years constant exposure to FUEL.

[Berta]

Rocky-thanks for correcting me- I am surprised the suit is against the US of A-

My husband was at LeJeune-1964-1968- except for year in Vietnam-

Man- some of you guys really got a double dip of chemicals-

Maybe I better look into this lawsuit-

If a vet was in the AO Settlement Fund- their widows were too-

I think many widows as well as vets never applied to the older fund for payment-and like you said- that money is now gone.

I sure hope with the internet these days-unlike those days- that anyone affected can become a class member-