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Camp Lejeune's toxic water victims get chance to fight back
McNamara heard about Camp Lejeune's water contaminants by chance when he followed his doctor who relocated to Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center. A paperwork clerk mentioned the toxins and suggested he contact his local VA representative.
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“Within 90 days I went from being a father of four, happily married man to ‘oh, you have breast cancer and it’s pretty serious’ to ‘oh, by the way, you were poisoned at your birthplace, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. And, they knew about it and didn’t bother to tell you or your family,’” he said.
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“It’s been a long time coming,” he said before walking into the bill-signing ceremony. “Our veterans, our Marines, our families – our government forgot them. Our government actually forgot them. We hope this will change things and make it better.”
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For more than a decade, Bell Legal Group, led by Ed Bell, worked with Camp Lejeune victims, including Master Sergeant J.M. Ensminger, USMC, Ret., the leading advocate for the cause, and Michael Partain, co-founder of The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten, as well as elected officials including Congressman Cartwright (D-PA), Congressman Murphy (R-NC), Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senator Peters (D-MI) to bring this legislation into law. Once signed by President Biden, it provides for the first time the opportunity for victims to seek justice for the unlawful exposure to contaminated water while on the military base.
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The PACT Act wouldn’t undo that damage, but it could help salve lingering effects. Ensminger looked on last week as senators debated the bill, which would provide health care benefits for members of the military exposed to toxins while serving. It would also permit Marines and their families who had been exposed to Camp Lejeune’s water to sue the federal government.