About the claim
Diseases and cancer linked to toxic water.
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.
