{"id":177225,"date":"2022-10-16T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?p=177225"},"modified":"2022-10-16T16:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:45:01","slug":"camp-lejeune-water-contamination-health-issues-1953-to-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?p=177225","title":{"rendered":"1&#8230;Camp Lejeune water contamination health issues &#8211; 1953 to 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?attachment_id=176896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-176896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ani_lazerfencediv.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Camp Lejeune water contamination health issues &#8211; 1953 to 1987<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Camp Lejeune water contamination<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">posted 8th Sep 2022&#8230;THE US VA online write up&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/disability\/eligibility\/hazardous-materials-exposure\/camp-lejeune-water-contamination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">posted 26th Sep 2022&#8230;WIKIPEDIA re Camp LJ&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_Lejeune_water_contamination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">posted 26th Sep 2022&#8230;THE SUN newspaper&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/18589137\/camp-lejeune-baby-heaven-cemetery-deaths-marines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you served at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune or Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in North Carolina, you may have had contact with contaminants in the drinking water there. Scientific and medical evidence has shown an association between exposure to these contaminants during military service and development of certain diseases later on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*******<\/p>\n<div data-template=\"paragraphs\/q_a\" data-entity-id=\"6105\" data-analytics-faq-section=\"\" data-analytics-faq-text=\"Are Veterans and their family members covered for health care?\">\n<div id=\"6105\">\n<div class=\"vads-u-display--flex\">\n<h2 id=\"are-veterans-and-their-family-\">Are Veterans and their family members covered for health care?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-entity-id=\"6105\">\n<div class=\"processed-content\" data-template=\"paragraphs\/wysiwyg\" data-entity-id=\"6106\">\n<div>\n<p>Yes. Veterans who served at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River for at least 30 cumulative days from August 1953 through December 1987\u2014and their family members\u2014can get health care benefits. We may pay you back for your out-of-pocket health care costs that were related to any of these 15 conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bladder cancer<\/li>\n<li>Breast cancer<\/li>\n<li>Esophageal cancer<\/li>\n<li>Female infertility<\/li>\n<li>Hepatic steatosis<\/li>\n<li>Kidney cancer<\/li>\n<li>Leukemia<\/li>\n<li>Lung cancer<\/li>\n<li>Miscarriage<\/li>\n<li>Multiple myeloma<\/li>\n<li>Myelodysplastic syndromes<\/li>\n<li>Neurobehavioral effects<\/li>\n<li>Non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma<\/li>\n<li>Renal toxicity<\/li>\n<li>Scleroderma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Camp Lejeune water contamination<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">posted 8th Sep 2022&#8230; THE US VA online write up&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/disability\/eligibility\/hazardous-materials-exposure\/camp-lejeune-water-contamination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">posted 26th Sep 2022&#8230;WIKIPEDIA re Camp LJ&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/Camp Lejeune water contamination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">posted 26th Sep 2022&#8230;THE SUN newspaper&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/18589137\/camp-lejeune-baby-heaven-cemetery-deaths-marines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ALSO, READ MY COMMENTS BELOW<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*******<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Foxnwolf comments;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the early 70s the following units were deployed at Camp Lejeune for a period of time, HMS Bulwark I think, (as I was on 2S Mess-deck along with others) was used to ferry us all across the pond and berthed up at Charleston, Carolina. My memory vaguely reminds me that the following units were on board and resided there to take part in various NATO exercises&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>40 Commando Unit, 59 Commando Unit, Royal Engineers, 858 helicopter squadron and a mix and match of other ships personnel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We drank, washed, cooked food, (and had our food cooked on camp) filled up our jerry cans and water bowsers \/ tankers etc<\/p>\n<p>I am surprised that the MOD \/ Foreign Office has not picked up on this and investigated further and\/or recalled us all for medical tests or even requested our medical records<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Myself, suffer from Bladder Cancer, always turning up benign at the moment over past 10 years. Annual Endoscopy checks including Liver, Kidneys etc<\/p>\n<p>I am sure we were all there for quite a few weeks if not more including our RNR\u00a0 period<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Am quietly investigating further and will advise who to contact at this moment in time concerning this matter. Hold Off until I can find out, officially who can take this onboard. Its either someone in the US State department or the UK MOD who will be responsible <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WATCH THIS SPACE over next few weeks&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?attachment_id=176896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-176896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ani_lazerfencediv.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DO NOT REPLY OR ANSWER TO ANYONE ELSE UNTIL I HAVE UPDATED HERE, DON&#8217;T GET CAUGHT OUT BY SCAMMERS IN THIS MATTER&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?attachment_id=176896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-176896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ani_lazerfencediv.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-template=\"paragraphs\/q_a\" data-entity-id=\"6107\" data-analytics-faq-section=\"\" data-analytics-faq-text=\"How do I get these benefits as a family member?\">\n<div id=\"6107\">\n<div class=\"vads-u-display--flex\">\n<h2 id=\"how-do-i-get-these-benefits-as\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camp Lejeune water contamination health issues &#8211; 1953 to 1987 Camp Lejeune water contamination posted 8th Sep 2022&#8230;THE US VA online write up&#8230;click here posted 26th Sep 2022&#8230;WIKIPEDIA re Camp LJ&#8230;click here posted 26th Sep 2022&#8230;THE SUN newspaper&#8230;click here If &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/?p=177225\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177225"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177268,"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177225\/revisions\/177268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnwolf.com\/locknload\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}