[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "Veterans, families attend meeting on water contamination, " Camp Lejeune (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Veterans, families attend meeting on water contamination

By Bianca M. Strzalkowski
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
May 12, 2015 

About 100 military retirees, veterans and family members attended a meeting Tuesday to get information on the effects of exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, which occurred from the 1950s to 1987. It is estimated that nearly one million people were exposed, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Representatives from ATSDR discussed the outcomes of four studies conducted, which examine the impact of exposure, and what those results mean for victims. An official from the Veterans Administration outlined for the audience what conditions need to be met to qualify for the registry: you must have lived at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between August 1953 through 1987, you must be be a dependent of a service member who was stationed at Camp Lejeune during that time period  and you must have one of the 15 named conditions on the VA's website -- and how to file claims online.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jdnews.com/news/military/veterans-families-attend-meeting-on-water-contamination-1.477296

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Lenny Siegel
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