Drug, Device and Toxic Contamination News, Alerts and Recalls

Joint infections can be caused by a variety of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Deep Joint Infections (DJI) can affect the bones, joints, and surrounding tissues of the affected area, and if not treated in a timely manner, can lead to long-term joint damage or even […]

Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas with a faintly sweet odor. It is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is used in a wide range of products, including credit cards, furniture, car parts, and most notably, PVC piping. A recent train derailment in East […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is still investigating the cause of the Ohio train derailment that resulted in a chemical spill in East Palestine, OH. While the NTSB has not made an official determination, they have obtained two videos that show preliminary indications of […]

The advent of social media has had a massive impact with respect to how we communicate nowadays. It has given us the ability to connect with people all over the world instantaneously. Despite the positives associated with the global development of social media, there is […]

If a preliminary claim for injuries or diagnoses related to Camp Lejeune Water Contamination is denied by the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Navy’s Tort Claims Unit (TCU), the claim will need to be substantiated.  Substantiating a claim may turn out to be very […]

The process to file a Camp Lejeune Water Contamination claim is unique from any other mass tort litigation: it is part administrative and part judicial, requiring a keen oversight from lawyers handling cases for victims.  In this blog, we discuss the administrative portion of the […]

Exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune has been linked to an increased risk of Neurobehavioral Effects, especially for people who drank the contaminated water as children or were exposed to water in-utero.

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a 246-square-mile military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. From 1953 to 1987, the water supply at Camp Lejeune was contaminated by a variety of dangerous chemicals, including TCE (trichloroethylene), PCE (tetrachloroethylene, also called perchloroethylene), vinyl chloride, and benzene. […]

Camp Lejeune is a Marine Corps base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. For more than 30 years, from about 1953 to 1987, the water supply at Camp Lejeune was contaminated with harmful chemicals that have the potential to cause serious health conditions, including certain types of […]

Hundreds of thousands of veterans, their family members, and civilian workers who served and lived at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from 1953 to 1987 were exposed to contaminated water containing harmful chemicals. Tragically, many of those who were exposed to the contaminated water on […]

Camp Geiger is a Marine Corps base that is part of a larger base, Camp Lejeune, though the two camps are not geographically connected. Camp Geiger is located in Jacksonville, North Carolina, approximately 10 miles south of the main camp. The United States Marine Corps […]

From 1953 to 1987, the drinking water at Camp Lejeune, a major Marine Corps base in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was contaminated with dangerous chemicals that have the potential to cause certain types of cancer and other serious health conditions. What Chemicals Were Contaminating the Water […]