The water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated with dangerous chemicals that are linked to fatal health conditions.
Prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and other fatal diseases were common, tragic adverse health outcomes for people exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
About Fatal Health Conditions and Diseases Resulting from Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
Camp Lejeune water contamination resulted in the diagnoses of several types of cancer and other diseases that sometimes result in death.
Though the contamination at Camp Lejeune was officially cleared in the late 1980s, military personnel, civilian workers and family members were often left to deal with their health problems with little to no aid for decades.
Through the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, victims of Camp Lejeune water contamination and their family members are granted the ability to sue and recover damages.
Family members of a person who passed away from conditions linked to toxic water at Camp Lejeune may have the ability to file a wrongful death claim.
Scientific and medical evidence indicate that toxic water exposure at Camp Lejeune may be linked to the following fatal conditions:
- Prostate cancer: an estimated 34,500 deaths from prostate cancer will occur this year in the United States.
- Lung cancer: it’s estimated that over 130,000 deaths from lung cancer will occur in the United States this year.
- Breast cancer: in the United States, an estimated 43,250 women will die from breast cancer in 2022.
- Bladder cancer: an estimated 17,000 Americans will die from bladder cancer in 2022.
- Adult leukemia: over 11,000 people are expected to die from adult leukemia this year in the United States.
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: over 20,000 people are expected to die from Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma this year in the United States.
- Liver cancer: an estimated 30,520 Americans will die from liver cancer in 2022.
