This is not news to the mil community.
The U.S. government has taken steps to address the crisis: the Janey Ensminger Act of 2012 authorized medical care for affected individuals, and the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, part of the PACT Act, allows for legal compensation for those harmed by the contamination.
This law enables claims to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, with a two-year window from enactment to file, and covers not only veterans but also civilian employees and family members who lived or worked at the base between 1953 and 1987.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has also faced criticism for denying most claims, often relying on anonymous Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to evaluate causation, a process that has been challenged as lacking transparency.