[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "Healthcare Bill for Camp Lejeune [NC] Water Contamination Victims Signed Into Law"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Healthcare Bill for Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Victims Signed  
Into Law

By ANNA MEIER
Project on Government Oversight
August 7, 2012

For thousands of former Marines and their families, Monday marked a  
milestone in an ongoing fight for truth and justice. In an Oval  
Office ceremony, President Obama signed into law the Honoring  
America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act (H.R.  
1627), which will provide healthcare for those exposed to  
contaminated water while living at Marine Base Camp Lejeune in North  
Carolina.

"I'm still in shock," Mike Partain, a breast cancer survivor born at  
Camp Lejeune, told The Kansas City Star on Monday. "We've been  
fighting for justice for so long - fighting the juggernaut of the  
Marine Corps. They should have quashed us a long time ago."

Retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger has led the charge.  
The title of the new law that would provide healthcare for Camp  
Lejeune veterans and their families is named for his daughter, Janey,  
who passed away from leukemia in 1985 at the age of 9, while they  
were living on the base. Since Ensminger first learned about the  
toxic water 1997, he has tirelessly sought answers to why so many  
have fallen ill and died.


...

For the entire article, see
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2012/08/healthcare-bill-for-camp- 
lejeune-water-contamination-victims-signed-into-law.html

--

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org