Camp Lejeune Bladder Cancer Lawsuit [2025 Update]

Bladder Cancer Linked To Contaminated Water At Camp Lejeune

An increased risk of Bladder Cancer has been identified by professionals who’ve studied the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and veteran medical records as a particularly common diagnosis.

About Bladder Cancer

Bladder Cancer is a common type of cancer. The bladder is a hollow muscular organ that stores urine.

Bladder cancer can be onset in a number of ways, including genetic or environmental risk factors.

In the case of Camp Lejeune water contamination, exposure to certain industrial chemicals or toxic chemicals has been found to lead to bladder cancer.

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2022:

• Over 80,000 new cases of bladder cancer will be diagnosed.
• Over 17,000 deaths from bladder cancer will occur.

Bladder cancer and its causes

Bladder cancer diagnosis can be linked to a number of different factors, both environmental factors and non-environmental, genetic factors.

Environmental Bladder Cancer causes include, but are not limited to:

• Smoking: People who smoke are at least 3 times more likely to receive a bladder cancer diagnosis than non-smokers.
• Exposure to Industrial Chemicals: People exposed to volatile organic compounds and other industrial chemicals experience an increased risk of bladder cancer.
• Contaminated Water: People exposed to contaminated drinking water experience an increased risk of bladder cancer.

The water contamination at Camp Lejeune is no exception.

In commentary on the Camp Lejeune water contamination, medical professionals have postulated that exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE or PERC) and trichloroethylene (TCE), main contaminants at the Marine Corps Base, have resulted in bladder cancer diagnoses.

This commentary noted that previous scientific studies have noted that bladder cancer diagnoses were common in dry cleaner employees exposed to PCE and TCE even if underlying health factors weren’t present.

Research on the relation of PCE and TCE exposure and Bladder Cancer include:

• International Agency for Research on Cancer: Tetrachloroethylene Exposure and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Dry-Cleaning-Worker Studies
• The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Bladder Cancer Risk among Laundry Workers, Dry Cleaners, and Others in Chemically-Related Occupations
• Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency: Perchloroethylene Inhalation Cancer Unit Risk Factor
• Environmental Health: Long-term health effects of early life exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study

Bladder Cancer Complications

Bladder cancer diagnosis can be overlooked for a year or more, especially in women.

The symptoms of bladder cancer vary, with some being relatively painless and others extremely painful:

• Blood in urine (haematuria)
• Frequent urination
• Burning sensation while urinating
• Pelvic pain
• Bone pain
• Unintended weight loss
• Swelling of legs and ankles

There are serious complications associated with bladder cancer, especially if treatment isn’t undertaken as soon as the warning signs appear.

These serious complications include:

• Urinary diversion: bladder cancer often requires the complete removal of the bladder. An alternative way of expelling urine from the body in the form of surgical operation is often undertaken.
• Sexual Dysfunction in women
• Erectile Dysfunction in men
• Anemia: the body’s inability to produce healthy red blood cells
• Ureter Swelling (hydronephrosis)

Bladder cancer is more often diagnosed in older patients, with 90% of people diagnosed with bladder cancer aged over 55-years-old.

What Other Health Conditions Has Water Contamination At Camp Lejeune Been Linked To?

The consumption of Camp Lejeune contaminated water has been linked to a number of cancer and non-cancer diagnoses including, but not limited to:

• Prostate Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Liver Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Adult Leukemia
• Aplastic Anemia
• Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Renal Toxicity
• Multiple Myeloma
• Other myelodysplastic syndromes
• Miscarriage, infertility and birth defects
• Many more diagnoses

Service members, their families, civilian workers, and countless others were diagnosed with deadly health conditions, and for years could not secure the benefits they desperately need.

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act: Helping those Exposed to Camp Lejeune's Contaminated Water Supply

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is a new piece of legislation that has been signed into law by President Biden.

This bill is encompassed by the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which grants new health care, disability benefits and Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service.

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act affords Camp Lejeune residents the ability to sue and recover damages for exposure to the toxic substances in the water supply, one of the first times the federal government has allowed legal action of this sort.

Camp Lejeune veterans and Camp Lejeune families will be able to secure compensation for health problems and medical expenses related to the toxic chemicals they were exposed to while living on the base.

Those eligible will file Camp Lejeune lawsuits in the U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina.

In the past, several bills were introduced to address the issue at the North Carolina military base but none have had any widespread impact for victims and families.

Now, people who were denied benefits or compensation in the past may have a fair shot at adequate compensation.

Camp Lejeune Bladder Cancer Lawsuit

With the Senate passage of the PACT Act, and the signing of the bill into law by President Biden, Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuits are able to be filed by any person exposed to contaminated water at the Marine Corps base between 1953 and 1987.

If you, a family member or a loved one was exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune between these dates, and developed bladder cancer, you may qualify to file a Camp Lejeune Lawsuit.

We thank the brave veterans for their service to our country. Now let us serve you. Our law firm is dedicated to achieving justice for service members and their families.

TorHoerman Law is accepting clients for the Camp Lejeune Cancer Lawsuits in all 50 states.

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