From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sun, 13 Dec 2015 21:40:16 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "Stricken Vets Fight VA Over Camp Lejeune [NC] Water Poisoning" |
Stricken Vets Fight VA Over Camp Lejeune Water Poisoning by Cristina Corbin Fox News December 12, 2015 Joseph "Danny" Zambito was 18 when he trained as a Marine in 1964 at Camp Lejeune, where he -- like one million others at the base -- was exposed to cancer-causing chemicals in one of the worst water contamination cases in US history, spanning more than three decades. Zambito, now 70, lost both kidneys and his bladder to cancer, but the Florida man said he hasn't received a single disability benefit from the Department of Veterans Affairs -- whose anonymous panel of "subject matter experts" renders medical opinions on veterans' claims their diseases were caused by toxic drinking water at the North Carolina military training base. "It makes me feel very angry," said Zambito, who undergoes dialysis four times a week at a center in Zephyrhills. "They're dragging their feet on this and giving me the runaround." … For the entire article, see http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/12/12/stricken-vets-fight-va-over-camp-lejeune-water-poisoning.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street 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 | |
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