Government Knew of Contaminated Water, Lawsuit Says
A North Carolina military base knowingly exposed hundreds of thousands of Marines to contaminated drinking water over several decades, a lawsuit filed Monday claims. In the suit, 45-year-old Laura Jones, whose husband was stationed at Camp Lejeune, claims she developed lymphoma as a result of the exposure. The government has maintain that exposure to contaminated water at the base cannot be reliably linked to health problems.


