NC Sens. Budd, Tillis pen plea to feds over delayed Camp Lejeune toxic water claims
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — North Carolina senators are urging the U.S. government to act swiftly in settling lawsuits for the nearly 3.5 million people impacted by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
ATSDR Assessment of the Evidence for the Drinking Water Contaminants at Camp Lejeuneand Specific Cancers and Other Diseases
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has a unique mandate under the Superfund laws to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites, to help prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from such exposures, and to expand the knowledge base about health effects from exposure to hazardous substances.
Camp Lejeune Drinking Water-Fact Sheet
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency,
has completed the public health assessment (PHA) of drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune.
Camp Lejeune Drinking Water-PHA
This Public Health Assessment was prepared by ATSDR pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) section 104 (i)(6) (42 U.S.C. 9604 (i)(6)), and in accordance with our implementing regulations (42 C.F.R. Part 90). In preparing this document, ATSDR has collected relevant health data, environmental data, and community health concerns from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state and local health and environmental agencies, the community, and potentially responsible parties, where appropriate.
THE PROBATE PROCESS AND CAMP LEJEUNE CLAIMS
The attorneys at Blalock, LLC field many questions about the probate process and why a probate filing is necessary. Although not intended as specific legal advice, below are some informational notes that may be helpful if you are a family member of a deceased veteran. Sadly, many of our veteran clients have not survived the […]
Settled your Camp Lejuene Case: Time to Collect. How should your funds be Distributed and to whom should they be distributed to? Questions answered.
Narrow in scope but broad in impact, the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (“PACT”) Act, which included the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, has sparked much “buzz” in the legal, veteran, and civilian communities—and rightfully so. Signed on August 10, 2022, by President Biden, the Act allows claimants two years from the date of enactment to file claims against the United States for exposures to toxins in the water at Camp Lejeune, a United States Marine Corps Training Base in Jacksonville, NC that was established in 1942.
Camp Lejeune Water Strongly Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Veterans exposed to water at Camp Lejeune 70% more likely to suffer from the illness, study finds
Camp Lejeune Claims: Subrogation and Offsets
By: SHARIKA ROBINSON, ATTORNEY AT BLALOCK LEGAL
INTRODUCTION : Narrow in scope but wide in impact, the passage of the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (“PACT”) Act, which included the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (the “Camp Lejeune Justice Act” or collectively the “PACT Act”), caused much “buzz” in the legal, veteran and civilian communities and rightfully so. Many people have been severely impacted, which include terminal illness to loss of life.
