The Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina grappled with a prolonged water contamination crisis from 1953 to 1987. This catastrophe led to the exposure of many individuals to toxic chemicals, particularly volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Under the newly passed Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, the federal government has allotted $6.7 billion to compensate victims of the water contamination.
For over 34 years, the water supply at Camp Lejeune Marine base was contaminated with carcinogenic chemicals.
The CLJA is the result of decades worth of work by victims, advocates, lawyers and government officials who diligently and continually sought just compensation and care and treatment benefits for those who became ill due to the water contamination at the Camp Lejeune military base.