Public Health - Camp Lejeune: Past Water Contamination

From the 1950s through the 1980s, people living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to drinking water contaminated with industrial solvents, benzene, and other chemicals.
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Public Health - Camp Lejeune: Past Water Contamination

Drinking-water systems that supplied two areas of housing at Camp Lejeune were contaminated with industrial chemicals from at least 1953 to 1985.  The contaminated wells were shut down in February 1985.  The chemicals primarily were:  Perchloroethylene (PCE), Trichloroethylene (TCE), Benzene, and Vinyl chloride.  The duration and intensity of the exposure at Camp Lejeune are unknown.  The geographic extent of contamination by specific chemicals also is unknown.
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Compensation - Exposure to Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune

There is limited and suggestive evidence of an association between certain diseases and the chemical compounds found at Camp Lejeune during the period of contamination.  VA will consider disability compensation claims based on exposure to the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune on a case-by-case basis.
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