Friday, 22 July 2011

Camp Lejeune Marines receive documentary about water pollution

Marines who have fought a battle with cancer and a possible cover-up of water pollution is now a documentary film to show that the US Senate and House of Representatives. "Semper Fi: always faithful," the long fight to obtain justice for Marines and their families who developed cancer after consuming water aboard Camp Lejeune which were loaded with dry-cleaning chemicals. film made by Rachel Romanou and Tony Hardmon, working with former Marines Jerry Ensminger and Mike Partain, both are affected with cancer that may have been prevented.

Partains mother drank water, which was stuck with Perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene when she was pregnant with him, at the time when he was 39, he developed the male breast cancer. Partains had trusted Marine Corps to hold the base water clean and healthy, so when they learned that the chemicals had contaminated the water in the year-and that carcinogens had gone unreported to those affected-and many others felt deeply betrayed.

Now, look for The few, The proud, The Forgotten after justice and health care for all who live on base during the time of ' contamination ' will. "We're in every city across America," Mike Partain says in the film. "We are in every city, every town and every State and every one of us has a politician and senator."With this film would be shown to lawmakers, survivors and their families hope to convince the Government to admit their mistakes and assist the victims. "the main thing is, don't let this issue die," Ensminger says in the film.


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