The Office of the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Tort Claims Unit recently said that “approximately 5,000” claims have now been filed as a result of water contamination found at Marine installation Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The claims seek compensation for Marines, their families, and contractors stationed at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs say those dates account for upward ...
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The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, also known as the PACT Act, seemed like a slam dunk. Amid some of the most polarized and obstructionist politics in our nation’s history, legislators on both sides were poised to pass a comprehensive bill that would funnel hundreds of millions of dollars toward caring for veterans that were exposed to toxic burn pits and other ...
Veterans from a former California military installation have joined a growing number of United States military servicemembers who may have been routinely exposed to a variety of highly toxic chemicals throughout their tenures at their bases. The primary exposure at the Fort Ord installation, like numerous other bases, appears to have come via the drinking water supply.
According to an Associated Press investigative piece published this month, ...
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“I know that you can’t bring back three people that I lost, but they’re gone.” This is what retired airman Henry Betz had to say to federal officials during a recent “community engagement session.” The meetings; this one taking place in Horsham, Pennsylvania, are in response to recent revelations that groundwater used by military bases and their surrounding communities throughout the country was
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A report issued by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) concludes that so-called “safe” levels of chemicals found to be contaminating the water supplies around domestic military bases are one-tenth of the amount allowed by EPA guidelines. Concerns over the report’s conclusions were only amplified when it was revealed that; citing fears of a “PR nightmare,” the Trump White House and EPA ...
It has been one of the oldest, most overly-used tropes in the book. As the intended stewards of our nation’s natural resources, the Environmental Protection Agency has fought for decades against the notion that it puts owls over people; that it somehow values a small, previously unheard-of rodent over the potential impact of hundreds or thousands of jobs.
While the EPA’s regulations have put the brakes on ...
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