[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "VA to expand coverage for contaminated Lejeune [NC] drinking water"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

VA to expand coverage for contaminated Lejeune drinking water

By Travis J. Tritten
Stars and Stripes
December 17, 2015

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it  
plans to cover eight diseases newly linked to toxic contaminants once  
found in drinking water at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Veterans who served at the Marine Corps between 1953 and 1987 could  
be eligible for medical care and disability coverage if they develop  
kidney or liver cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, multiple  
myeloma, scleroderma, Parkinson’s disease or aplastic anemia, the VA  
announced.

About 1 million Marines and dependents might have been exposed to  
industrial solvents present in the base drinking water for more than  
three decades and 15 health conditions have already been linked to  
the contamination.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/va-to-expand-coverage-for-contaminated- 
lejeune-drinking-water-1.384707

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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