Water Contamination

For more than 30 years, from the mid-1950s to the late-1980s, military leaders blatantly ignored the dangers of toxins in the drinking water of Camp Lejeune. Thousands of our nation’s bravest warriors of the United States Marine Corps and other branches of service, along with their families, were unknowingly exposed to dangerous chemicals for decades. Worse, those that …

For more than 30 years, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, United States Marine Corps (USMC) officials were well aware that Camp Lejeune’s drinking water contained dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. Despite numerous water quality studies, leadership failed to report the dangers for decades. The contaminated drinking water was consumed by service personnel and their families while …