CAMP LEJEUNE WATER CONTAMINATION LAWYER




The Lyon Firm is now accepting cases nationwide related to the water contamination at Camp Lejeune. From 1958 to 1985 military families were exposed to contaminated drinking water which caused the following health problems and complications: The Navy has issued notice to some families regarding their possible exposure to contaminated drinking water. However, the scope and effectiveness of the notice is unknown. It is highly probable that many families remain unaware of the exposure and may have been living with disabilities caused by the exposure. The causal connection can be complicated in environmental cases; however, the following types of health complications, adverse reactions, and injuries have been associated with the toxins found at Camp Lejeune.

CAMP LEJEUNE BIRTH DEFECTS

• Small for gestational age
• Low birth weight
• Fetal death
• Major heart defects
• Neural tube defects
• Oral cleft defects (including cleft lip)
• Chonal atresia (nasal passages blocked with bone or tissue)
• Eye defects
• Low birth weight
• Miscarriage
• Major malformations
• Neurological effects (delayed reaction times problems with short-term memory, visual perception, attention, and color vision)
  

CAMP LEJUENE CANCERS

• Hodgkins disease
• Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
• Cervical cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Liver/biliary cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Leukemia
• Prostate cancer
• Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
• Bladder cancer
• Breast cancer
• Lung cancer
  

CAMP LEJEUNE CHEMICALS
Independent toxicology tests have confirmed the increased level of:

• trichloroethylene (TCE)
• dichloroethylene(DCE)
• tetrachloroethylence (PCE),
• and in their degraded forms, benzene, methyl chloride, and vinyl chloride.

The chemicals came from several negligent acts including the negligent disposal of waste, industrial operations, and leaking underground storage tanks.

For more information see the following:

The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten
US Environmental Protection Agency
Camp Lejeune Water Study

Contaminated Bone Allograft News Stories With Joseph Lyon

Joseph M. Lyon was one of the first lawyers in the country to investigate and represent an individual in a civil case arising from the BTS and Medtronic allograft tissue contamination that was being used in spinal surgeries.

Currently the litigaiton is unresolved. The Associated Press interviewed Mr. Lyon about the notice and medical tests which showed some Plainitffs had the AIDS or hepatitis virus or syphilis bacteria - all of which can be acquired from infected tissue. The story received national and international coverage by CBS, Canadian TV, and MSNBC.

Above, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hanshaft displays an X-ray of an exhumed corpse showing that PVC plumbing pipes were inserted where the bones once were at a press conference in February. Michael Mastromarino, owner of Biomedical Tissue Services of Fort Lee, N.J., were charged along with three other men with carving up corpses and selling the parts. The parts then made their way into the distribution chain without proper FDA testing. As a result, all patients who received the parts were put at risk for infection.