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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Website Documents Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

by Adelina Colbert
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
September 23, 2014

Six years ago, Robert Smith lost his battle with cancer.

"He never had a health problem in his life as long as I know," said  
Gavin Smith, Robert's 41-year-old son. "Until 1996, just a couple of  
years before he retired."

When his father eventually passed, Smith said it came as a shock to  
his entire family and left him with numerous questions about the  
circumstances of his father's death.

...

Smith founded CivilianExposure.org, a website with media reports,  
studies and videos relating to the historic water contamination at  
Camp Lejeune.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/09/23/website-documents-camp- 
lejeune-water-contamination.html

On Sep 25, 2014, at 7:32 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> New regulation would allow dependents to claim contaminated water  
> health issues
>
> By Adelina Colbert
> Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
> September 24, 2014
>
> The Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to publish two  
> regulations today, including one that will allow veterans’ family  
> members who lived aboard Camp Lejeune to make claims for health  
> issues that may have developed as a result of exposure to  
> contaminated water on the installation decades ago.
>
> Within the second regulation, family members of veterans who lived  
> aboard Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between Jan. 1, 1957, and  
> Dec. 31, 1987, are eligible for a program that will cover out-of- 
> pocket expenses for certain illnesses.
>
> Family members will have to provide documentation, such as marriage  
> license or birth certificate, to prove their relationship to a  
> veteran and copies of orders or base housing records as proof of  
> residence.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.jdnews.com/news/military/new-regulation-would-allow- 
> dependents-to-claim-contaminated-water-health-issues-1.377096
>
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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
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