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Serviceman and their families stationed, lived, or worked at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune were exposed to toxic water from leaking tanks on the base.
Water testing in 1982 found that drinking water sources at Camp Lejeune were contaminated with benzene, trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene, or perchloroethylene (PCE), and vinyl chloride (VC), all of which are known to be carcinogenic or harmful to humans. Some of these toxic chemicals cause serious diseases even cancer.
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People living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were exposed to drinking water contaminated with industrial solvents, benzene, and other chemicals.
The U.S. government’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry estimates that as many as one million military and civilian staff and their families may have been exposed to contaminated drinking water.
The PACT Act addresses health care, the presumption of service connection to diseases, research, resources, and other matters related to veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service, including veterans and their families exposed to water contamination at Camp Lejeune.
Camp Lejeune was a Marine Corps base camp where several serviceman and their families were stationed, lived, or worked. Water was tested from the camp and it was found that the water was contaminated from leaking tanks on the base.
The water at Camp LeJeune was contaminated with benzene, trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene, or perchloroethylene (PCE), and vinyl chloride (VC), all of which are known to be carcinogenic or harmful to humans. Some of the toxic chemicals were found to cause serious diseases and even cancer in individuals who were exposed.