Drug, Device and Toxic Contamination News, Alerts and Recalls

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 […]

Necrotizing enterocolitis, also known as NEC, is a gastrointestinal illness that most commonly occurs in premature infants. Roughly one in 1,000 preterm infants will contract the disease, while only one in 10,000 full-term infants is diagnosed with NEC. NEC occurs in the small or large […]

Necrotizing enterocolitis, also known as NEC, predominantly affects premature and underweight infants. NEC can have numerous causes, from viral and bacterial infections to underdeveloped intestines, intestinal injuries, and a lack of oxygen or blood flow to the intestines during or after birth. However, another cause […]

There are a variety of signs that your infant may not be tolerating their baby formula, from fussing and crying to an upset stomach and a buildup of gas in their digestive system. If your infant is experiencing an upset stomach or other gastrointestinal issues […]