Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Case: More Than Half a Million Claims Filed With US Navy

Published on August 22, 2024

The U.S. Department of Navy has received more than half a million claims from people seeking compensation for injuries suffered after being exposed to harmful chemicals at Camp Lejeune. In 1982, the U.S. Marine Corps discovered that drinking water at Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was contaminated with certain chemicals. The incident took place between the 50s and 80s. Out of the eight water distribution systems at the base, three of them that supplied water to the majority of family housing units “were contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs),” according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry. Contaminants included trichloroethylene, which is linked to cancer, and benzene, which can hamper cell processes....

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