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Camp Lejeune’s Toxic Legacy: Marine Corps families who were exposed to decades of contamination search for answers

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Veterans' Voices

By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2013/All Rights Reserved) Jerry Ensminger’s 9-year-old daughter died of a rare form of leukemia he believes was caused by solvent-laced drinking water at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Her death could have been prevented, he says, if the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Civil Action, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, benzene, By Ken Olsen, Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune contamination, child leukemia, drinking water contamination, Hadnot Point, Jerry Ensminger, Mass., Mike Hargett, Mike Partain, PCE, Richard Clapp, Safe Drinking Water Act, Tarawa Terrace, TCE, The American Legion, The Few The Proud The Forgotten, vinyl chloride, Woburn | Leave a comment
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