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Learn how to apply for disability and health care benefits if you served or lived at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River, North Carolina, between 1953 and 1987. Find out the eligible conditions, requirements, and evidence for Veterans and family members.
- Camp Lejeune Family Member Program
Should you apply for the Camp Lejeune Family Member Program?...
- Agent Orange
Agent Orange - Camp Lejeune water contamination health...
- Specific Environmental Hazards
You may be eligible for disability compensation if you meet...
- Asbestos
Asbestos - Camp Lejeune water contamination health issues
- Radiation Exposure
New PACT Act-related presumptive-exposure locations We’ve...
- Public Health
Industrial solvents, such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and...
- Mustard Gas Or Lewisite
Mustard Gas Or Lewisite - Camp Lejeune water contamination...
- Gulf War Illnesses Sw Asia
VA disability compensation provides tax-free monthly...
- Camp Lejeune Family Member Program
The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. [1]
31 Ιαν 2024 · Drinking water at Camp Lejeune was heavily contaminated with a number of cancer-causing industrial chemicals, including trichloroethylene or TCE, vinyl chloride and benzene, from 1953 to 1985.
Industrial solvents, such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), from drycleaning waste and benzene from leaking underground fuel storage tanks were detected in the water on the base. Learn about research on past chemical contamination.
12 Νοε 2024 · ATSDR modeled the contamination and estimated that at least one VOC exceeded its current EPA maximum contaminant level in drinking water during August 1953 and January 1985. Additional details on the water contamination situation at Camp Lejeune are available. Information on the health effects of these drinking water contaminants is available ...
31 Ιαν 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North Carolina base’s contaminated drinking water.
ATSDR has completed two epidemiologic studies of water-supply contamination at Camp Lejeune (ATSDR 1998; Sonnenfeld et al. 2001). They focused on prenatal outcomes, including mean birth weight, small for gestational age, and preterm birth.
