[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: Camp Lejeune (NC) vet files suit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Veteran files suit in son's death


By NATALEE SEELY
Parkersburg News and Sentinel (WV)
July 25, 2010

PARKERSBURG - A Belpre veteran has filed a wrongful death suit for his 
son and has applied for medical benefits from Veterans Affairs for 
health problems he believes were caused by contaminated water at Camp 
Lejeune, a Marine base in eastern North Carolina.

Norman Allen, 54, was stationed at Camp Lejeune with his wife, Carolyn, 
from 1976 to 1977, during the 30-year span when the base's family 
housing water supply was tainted with toxic chemicals that may be the 
culprit behind various health problems and several forms of cancer in 
veterans and their families who lived there, according to the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Allen blames the polluted water for the death of his son, Michael 
Anthony, who died 45 minutes after being born in August 1977. Allen said 
he suffers from health problems, including short-term memory loss, 
kidney problems and rashes.


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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