[CPEO-MEF] VETERANS: "What will the Navy’s denial of Camp Lejeune claims mean for other contaminated bases?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

What will the Navy’s denial of Camp Lejeune claims mean for other contaminated bases?

by Tara Copp
Military Times
January 27, 2019

The Navy’s announcement Thursday that it would deny 4,400 claims from Marines and their families who say contaminated water at Camp Lejeune caused cancers and other serious illnesses raised the question of whether any affected military community could ever be compensated for the ailments they now face.

On Thursday, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said that despite the Navy’s acknowledgement there were harmful cleaning solvents and fuels that may have been connected to cancers found in Camp Lejeune personnel from 1953 to 1987, he decided this week to deny claims from those Lejeune lawsuits. In all, the claims sought $963 billion in damages.

Spencer’s announcement seemed to end the families' quest - at least on the military front - to seek damages.

“I am perfectly cognizant of the fact this will be a disappointment to the claimants,” Spencer said, “However it would be a disservice ... to hold the claims without a decision or a way forward."

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/01/25/what-will-the-navys-denial-of-camp-lejeune-claims-mean-for-other-contaminated-bases/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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