Camp Lejeune Drinking Water Might Cause Cancer
Investigations into how Camp Lejeune's drinking water hurt the people who served, lived, and work there are still underway. However, it is known that frequent or large exposures to VOCs in drinking water can dramatically increase the risk of certain cancers and other severe illnesses.
People who drank the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune might be at a higher risk of:
- Major organ cancers including bladder, kidney, lung, and more
- Cardiovascular damage
- Leukemia
- Multiple myeloma
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Parkinson’s disease
- Systemic sclerosis/scleroderma
- Birth Defects
- Bladder cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Hepatic steatosis
- Miscarriage
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Breast cancer
- Female infertility
- Scleroderma
- Kidney cancer
- Lung cancer
- Neurobehavioral effects
- Renal toxicity
- Liver Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Among others
Additionally, pregnant women who drink water contaminated by high levels of VOCs are more likely to suffer miscarriages. It is also believed that VOC poisoning can affect the brain, resulting in neurological harm that triggers anxiety, depression, and other severe mental health problems.
