YOU MAY HAVE SUFFERED WATER POISONING Have You or Your Family Ever Lived In Camp Lejeune, NC?
Get Outside With Geocaching
We at Friedman & Simon LLP Injury Lawyers respect and honor the contributions and sacrifices made by active and veteran military service members and their families. We know that many reside in the communities of Long Island and the five boroughs of New York City that we serve, and it has been our privilege to represent many of these patriots as clients in personal injury cases for more than 30 years. The following is important information for those whose service included time spent at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between the 1950s through the 1980s as well as for their family members who resided there during that time. On June 16, 2022, the United States Senate voted to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, a federal mandate with bipartisan support to provide former residents of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, military, civilians and their families the right to seek reparations from the U.S. government. At the time of passage, and as of the time of this article’s writing, it was anticipated that the bill would be signed into law by President Biden, under the Honoring Our PACT Act, before or during July 2022. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, bill number H.R. 2192, allows those who have suffered as a result of living and working at Camp Lejeune to
bring a legal action against the U.S. government for exposure to toxic water at the base. From 1953 to 1987, water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina contained volatile organic compounds (VOCs), that contain known carcinogens at up to 280 times what is considered a safe level. The VA confirms that at least 20 diseases are caused by consuming this toxic water. They include:
International Geocaching Day takes place on the third Saturday of the month of August. It’s a chance to experience an adventure-filled day that will get you out of the house and into nature. People of all ages gather to commemorate the placement and discovery of geocaches across the world, and there’s no telling what kind of surprise you might discover if you participate! WHAT IS GEOCACHING? Geocaching is basically a high-tech version of a treasure or scavenger hunt. It is inspired by the older treasure hunt called letterbox, where you plant clues in various locations that lead to the letterbox. For geocaching nowadays, you use a GPS to track down caches. These are typically waterproof containers — and inside there is a logbook for you to sign. These caches can be filled with trinkets such as coins, pins, or even miniature figurines, but if you take anything, be sure that you replace it with something else. It doesn’t have to be anything expensive, just a token of sorts for someone else to discover. IT’S TIME TO GET STARTED. To begin your geocaching journey, first visit Geocaching.com and sign up for a new account. From this, you will be able to create a unique geocacher name that people in the geocache community can call you by! This will also come in handy when you sign the logbook. You can also download the Geocaching app to your smartphone and use it as a GPS receiver. Once you open the map on your phone, it will show a map of your location with bubble icons to see all the geocaches near you. There will be an arrow icon that you can click on that will find the specific geocache you are searching for. It will then open a compass that shows you which direction to go in and how many feet you are away from the final location. This treasure hunt brings an entire community together from all around the world. It encourages people to challenge themselves and get outside. The act of hiding and finding a geocache is thrilling, and you never know what you might find next. Tracking Down Treasures
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Adult leukemia
Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
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Bladder cancer Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Parkinson’s disease
Bladder cancer Breast cancer
Esophageal cancer Female infertility Hepatic steatosis
Kidney cancer
Leukemia
Lung cancer Miscarriage
Multiple myeloma
Myelodysplastic syndromes Neurobehavioral effects Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Renal toxicity Scleroderma
If you or a loved one either served in the military at Camp Lejeune or resided there as a family member of a military person stationed there during the subject time period and have suffered from a serious medical condition, please call us at 516-800-8000 to discuss your rights. We look forward to winning the long-delayed justice that many of our neighbors, who gave so much as military service people, and their families, deserve.
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