A British Army veteran who has undergone several operations in his fight against cancers is calling on the UK Government to contact former military personnel and explain the health risks they face after being exposed to toxic drinking water while stationed at a training camp in the US.
The 66-year-old former warrant officer has survived both bladder and prostate cancer in recent years and believes his time spent at the US Marine training facility at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may have caused his illnesses.
British military servicemen exposed to the toxic drinking water at US Camp Lejeune are now being urged to seek independent legal advice as the new US law paves the way for compensation awards.
Anyone “injured” is eligible for compensation if they spent at least 30 days living or working at the base between 1953 and 1987; those 30 days do not have to be continuous.
Paul McClorry of Hudgell Solicitors said, “A number of British veterans have now contacted us at Hudgell Solicitors and we have undertaken to do whatever we can to ensure that should their health and their lives have been put at risk by these poisons we will fight for their right to compensation through the US justice system, which we have done for so many other clients over the years.”
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