Estimates of as many as 150,000 to 200,000 military servicemembers , their families and civilians who resided , worked or were otherwise exposed to the toxic and carcinogenic water at The United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between August 15 , 1953 and December 31 , 1987 , have contracted cancers and other deadly and serious diseases as a result of such exposure , including but not limited to : kidney cancer , bladder cancer , liver cancer , non-Hodgkin ’ s lymphoma , multiple myeloma , systemic sclerosis / scleroderma , leukemia , Parkinson ’ s disease ; end stage renal disease ; and infant cardiac defects , among numerous others .
These victims fought for decades to receive compensation from the entity that caused this deadly water contamination : the United States Government . The government denied them justice at every turn until the current United States Congress , with strong encouragement from President Joseph R . Biden , provided a pathway to justice by passing the “ Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 .” Veterans are thankful to Congress , who passed this legislation overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis .
On August 10 , 2022 , President Biden signed the PACT Act into law . Section 804 of the Pact Act is the “ Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 ” ( CLJA ) which creates a federal cause of action , as an exclusive remedy for individuals to address the harm done to hundreds of thousands of victims by their exposures to carcinogenic and other dangerous toxins including Benzene , TCE , PCE and Vinyl Chloride , among others , at Camp Lejeune between August 15 , 1953 , and December 31 , 1987 .
Who Qualifies for Recovery
CL JA covers a broad spectrum of Camp Lejeune victims who may qualify to prosecute an administrative claim and a federal lawsuit against the United States government :
An individual . . . who resided , worked , or was otherwise exposed ( including in utero exposure ) for not less than 30 days during the period beginning on August 1 , 1953 , and ending on December 31 , 1987 , to water at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina , that was supplied by , or on behalf of , the United States may bring an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to obtain appropriate relief for harm that was caused by exposure to the water at Camp Lejeune . Section 804 ( b )
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