However, Camp Lejeune says the island is off limits, whether training is taking place or not. Sam Mortimer, the base range specialist at Camp Lejune, says visitors need to be aware of the dangers.

Attorney Andrew Van Arsdale, whose firm represents over 9,000 of the Camp Lejeune claimants, said in August 2024 that more than 2,000 of his clients had passed away awaiting action.

Camp Lejeune is a military base and training facility in North Carolina. Between 1953 and 1987, the water at the base was contaminated. Residents, workers and visitors were potentially exposed to ...

As the window for people to claim they were harmed by contaminated water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune closes on Aug. 10, the unique, massive injury case against the U.S. government remains ...

As many as 1 million people are estimated to have lived or worked at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between August 1953 and December 1987, when the drinking water was heavily polluted with cancer ...

Were you impacted by contaminated water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987? Time is running out to file a claim. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File) The Navy is advising veterans ...

Until two years ago. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act opened the door for veterans to make claims against the country they served. But the deadline to make a claim is near. “Once the two-year mark ...

More than 227,000 people have so far filed claims, according to court records. To be eligible, a person must have been at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987.

What they [Camp Lejeune Marines] have been able to do to upgrade, retrofit, become more resilient, become more efficient, using technology. It’s pretty phenomenal.” said Governor Roy Cooper.

Camp Lejeune was built in a sandy pine forest along the North Carolina coast in the early 1940s. Its drinking water was contaminated with industrial solvents from the early 1950s to 1985.

Camp Lejeune plaintiffs face narrowing options in claims over cancer, other injuries By Diana Novak Jones February 20, 202411:58 AM PSTUpdated February 20, 2024 ...

In the new paper, the ATSDR investigated cancer in about 211,000 people who were stationed at or worked at Camp Lejeune between 1975 and 1985 and compared them to about 224,000 people at ...