[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: Camp Lejeune (NC) lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former Lejeune resident files lawsuit over contaminated drinking water


By Joe Johnson
Wilmington Star-News (NC)
July 6, 2009

Attorneys for Laura J. Jones held a press conference in Raleigh on 
Monday announcing they had filed a lawsuit on her behalf against the 
U.S. government seeking damages for personal injuries she suffered by 
consuming allegedly polluted water while living at Camp Lejeune in 
Jacksonville.

...

"We finally got enough information to be satisfied that the government 
actually knew of the danger and was warned of the danger of the 
deplorable contamination levels," Pangia said. "In the early 1970s, the 
government and the Navy had regulations that restricted (this type of 
pollution)."

The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. government, through agents within the 
Department of Defense, knowingly exposed Marines, sailors, their 
families and civilian employees to highly contaminated drinking water on 
the base at Camp Lejeune. It also alleges that the government actively 
disseminated information that minimized the significance of the danger 
to those who were exposed.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090706/ARTICLES/907069976/1004?Title=Former-Lejeune-resident-files-lawsuit-over-contaminated-drinking-water

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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