Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Legacy : Veterans Today
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Apr 10, 2010
Apr 9, 2010
Veterans Input Needed on Environmental Breast Cancer Study - Salem-News.Com
Veterans Input Needed on Environmental Breast Cancer Study - Salem-News.Com
Input can be provided to the committee through written comments and materials submitted over the course of the study, and through brief presentations at committee meetings that will be held over the next few months.
The IOM’s Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment is holding its first meeting on April 14-15, 2010 at the National Academy of Sciences Keck Building. The second meeting will be held in San Francisco area in the first full week of July 2010. Those interested in providing a brief presentation to the committee in April 14 or in early July should contact Jane Durch (jdurch@nas.edu) or Cassandra Cacace (ccacace@nas.edu). On April 14th, public comments will be heard during the mid to late afternoon. Time constraints may limit the number of speakers who can be accommodated, but all written submissions will be welcome.
Written materials can be submitted to the committee through the IOM staff at the e-mail or postal addresses shown below. Please note that any comments or materials submitted to the committee in paper or electronic form will normally become part of the study’s public record.
Questions about the study or providing materials for the committee’s consideration should be directed to co-study directors Lois Joellenbeck (ljoellen@nas.edu) or Jane Durch (jdurch@nas.edu).
Input can be provided to the committee through written comments and materials submitted over the course of the study, and through brief presentations at committee meetings that will be held over the next few months.
The IOM’s Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment is holding its first meeting on April 14-15, 2010 at the National Academy of Sciences Keck Building. The second meeting will be held in San Francisco area in the first full week of July 2010. Those interested in providing a brief presentation to the committee in April 14 or in early July should contact Jane Durch (jdurch@nas.edu) or Cassandra Cacace (ccacace@nas.edu). On April 14th, public comments will be heard during the mid to late afternoon. Time constraints may limit the number of speakers who can be accommodated, but all written submissions will be welcome.
Written materials can be submitted to the committee through the IOM staff at the e-mail or postal addresses shown below. Please note that any comments or materials submitted to the committee in paper or electronic form will normally become part of the study’s public record.
Questions about the study or providing materials for the committee’s consideration should be directed to co-study directors Lois Joellenbeck (ljoellen@nas.edu) or Jane Durch (jdurch@nas.edu).
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Gov't Links Marine Paul Buckley's Cancer, Base Camp Lejuene Toxic Water - wbztv.com
Gov't Links Marine Paul Buckley's Cancer, Base Camp Lejuene Toxic Water - wbztv.com
According to Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country
VA Rules Contaminated Water At Camp Lejeune Caused Veteran’s Cancer. The Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger (3/18, Hanson, 48K) reports, “The federal Department of Veterans Affairs has ruled that chemical contamination at a Marine Corps base caused a rare cancer in a local veteran. The decision grants a full service-related disability pension” to 46-year-old Paul Buckley, “who has multiple myeloma, an incurable form of cancer that attacks blood plasma. It links the cancer to drinking water that was polluted by a fuel spill at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.”
According to Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country
VA Rules Contaminated Water At Camp Lejeune Caused Veteran’s Cancer. The Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger (3/18, Hanson, 48K) reports, “The federal Department of Veterans Affairs has ruled that chemical contamination at a Marine Corps base caused a rare cancer in a local veteran. The decision grants a full service-related disability pension” to 46-year-old Paul Buckley, “who has multiple myeloma, an incurable form of cancer that attacks blood plasma. It links the cancer to drinking water that was polluted by a fuel spill at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.”
Mar 16, 2010
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Mar 4, 2010
The North Carolina News Network - Navy OKs LeJeune Study
The North Carolina News Network - Navy OKs LeJeune Study
Written by Bruce Ferrell/David Horn
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Sen. Kay Hagan is applauding the move by the Navy to fund studies into the possible health impacts of contaminated water at Camp LeJeune. Hagan commented on the news that funding was moving forward.
"I was happy to hear from Ray Mabus, the Secretary of the Navy, that they have approved all of the studies that we've requested and that the funding has been sent to the CDC to begin those studies," said Hagan.
The other North Carolina member of the Senate, Richard Burr, had blocked the appointment of two top Navy officials until he received assurances the studies would be done.
Written by Bruce Ferrell/David Horn
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Sen. Kay Hagan is applauding the move by the Navy to fund studies into the possible health impacts of contaminated water at Camp LeJeune. Hagan commented on the news that funding was moving forward.
"I was happy to hear from Ray Mabus, the Secretary of the Navy, that they have approved all of the studies that we've requested and that the funding has been sent to the CDC to begin those studies," said Hagan.
The other North Carolina member of the Senate, Richard Burr, had blocked the appointment of two top Navy officials until he received assurances the studies would be done.
Mar 3, 2010
CAMP LEJEUNE HISTORIC Drinking Water Project
CAMP LEJEUNE HISTORIC DRINKING WATER PROJECT
If you or anyone you know lived or were stationed on Camp Lejeune in 1987 or before, please visit www.marines.mil/clwater or call (877) 261-9782.
If you or anyone you know lived or were stationed on Camp Lejeune in 1987 or before, please visit www.marines.mil/clwater or call (877) 261-9782.
Mar 1, 2010
Trial by water - Editorials - NewsObserver.com
Trial by water - Editorials - NewsObserver.com
A whole lot of people were exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune during a stretch of years ending in the mid-1980s - of that there seems no doubt. Yet questions abound: Who was harmed? And at this stage, should anyone, or the government itself, be held to account?
A federal judge in Raleigh, Terrence Boyle, last week declined to dismiss a suit filed by the wife of former Marine officer who blames Lejeune's water for her non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Navy's "unwillingness to release information regarding contamination at Camp Lejeune or to provide notice to former residents remains relevant ... " Boyle wrote.
The judge also noted that the Marine Corps was obliged under regulations to provide drinking water free of unhealthy "impurities." Oops - the Lejeune water, tainted with spilled fuel and who knows what else, apparently contained such goodies as trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride and benzene. At least the Navy finally has agreed to finance a study into who may have been sickened - or killed - by the befouled faucets of Camp Lejeune.
A whole lot of people were exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune during a stretch of years ending in the mid-1980s - of that there seems no doubt. Yet questions abound: Who was harmed? And at this stage, should anyone, or the government itself, be held to account?
A federal judge in Raleigh, Terrence Boyle, last week declined to dismiss a suit filed by the wife of former Marine officer who blames Lejeune's water for her non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Navy's "unwillingness to release information regarding contamination at Camp Lejeune or to provide notice to former residents remains relevant ... " Boyle wrote.
The judge also noted that the Marine Corps was obliged under regulations to provide drinking water free of unhealthy "impurities." Oops - the Lejeune water, tainted with spilled fuel and who knows what else, apparently contained such goodies as trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride and benzene. At least the Navy finally has agreed to finance a study into who may have been sickened - or killed - by the befouled faucets of Camp Lejeune.
Feb 28, 2010
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Feb 25, 2010
Former resident of Camp Lejeune can move ahead with claim over toxic water - KansasCity.com
LANDMARK DECISION!
Former resident of Camp Lejeune can move ahead with claim over toxic water - KansasCity.com
From veteranstoday.com
Former Camp Lejeune Resident’s Injury Claim Allowed To Move Forward.In continuing coverage, McClatchy (2/25, Barrett) reports, “For what appears to be the first time, a former resident of Camp Lejeune, N.C., has been permitted to move ahead” with a personal injury claim “against the Marine Corps for years of water contamination that she says led to the development of her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.” The US Department of the Navy, “which includes the Marines, this week lost its bid” in Federal Court “to dismiss the case of Laura J. Jones of Iowa, who lived at Camp Lejeune from 1980 to 1983 as the spouse of a Marine officer.” McClatchy adds, “The decision means the case can now move forward, said Joseph L. Anderson, a Winston-Salem, N.C., attorney who represented Jones and has heard from thousands of other potential victims at Lejeune.”
Judge: Lejeune ex-resident can move ahead with injury claim
Former resident of Camp Lejeune can move ahead with claim over toxic water - KansasCity.com
From veteranstoday.com
Former Camp Lejeune Resident’s Injury Claim Allowed To Move Forward.In continuing coverage, McClatchy (2/25, Barrett) reports, “For what appears to be the first time, a former resident of Camp Lejeune, N.C., has been permitted to move ahead” with a personal injury claim “against the Marine Corps for years of water contamination that she says led to the development of her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.” The US Department of the Navy, “which includes the Marines, this week lost its bid” in Federal Court “to dismiss the case of Laura J. Jones of Iowa, who lived at Camp Lejeune from 1980 to 1983 as the spouse of a Marine officer.” McClatchy adds, “The decision means the case can now move forward, said Joseph L. Anderson, a Winston-Salem, N.C., attorney who represented Jones and has heard from thousands of other potential victims at Lejeune.”
Judge: Lejeune ex-resident can move ahead with injury claim
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