In October 1989, the EPA designated Camp Lejeune as a Superfund site due to the hazardous toxic waste that had been dumped into vacant lots sourced for water on base. The US Navy is the lead agency responsible for investigating and cleaning up contamination at Camp Lejeune. The Navy, EPA, and North Carolina Department of…
The water contamination at Camp Lejeune has been known by the US government for decades. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a subsidiary of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been studying the water contamination of Camp Lejeune through water modeling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) since 1993. ATSDR…
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which is a part of the Honoring Our PACT (“Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics”) Act is currently pending the US Senate. The Act passed the House of Representatives in March 2022 with bipartisan support. Once this historic bill is passed by the Senate and signed into law, those exposed to…
Those who lived and worked on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the 1950s – 1980s never expected their time at the base could lead to untimely death and disease. Camp Lejeune brought new economic growth to North Carolina, but unexpected consequences of that growth affected the water supply to the Camp Lejeune barracks, base…
Between 1953 and 1987, people who lived or worked on Camp Lejeune were exposed to numerous Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) through exposure to the drinking water on base. The US Marine Corps discovered VOCs in the drinking water that came from two of the eight water treatment plants suppling water to the base in 1982….
The Nations Law Firm is proud to announce that we have joined forces with Bell Legal Group in the fight for our veterans and all others harmed by exposure to toxic water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The US House of Representatives recently passed the Honoring our PACT Act. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act…
On March 3, 2022, the US House of Representatives passed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The bill was originally introduced in the House by Representative Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania, Representative Greg Murphy of North Carolina, and David Price of North Carolina in 2021. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act was introduced to provide judicial relief to…
By Alison Divine Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd., No. 20-7077, 2022 WL 30153 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 4, 2022) In a unanimous decision on January 4th a three judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit reversed the dismissal of Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd., No. 20-7077, 2022 WL 30153 (D.C….
