Camp Lejeune’s water supply was contaminated with hazardous chemicals and volatile organic compounds that have been linked to various cancers, infertility, miscarriages, and birth defects.
Today, we know that from 1953 to 1987, there was a substantial amount of unregulated chemicals that had contaminated the water supply. The government found out about this in 1982 and did absolutely nothing to further prevent the spread of this water contamination or alert the members on base.
