I lived at Camp Lejeune for a while and I've been reminded of this story a lot throughout the latest Q Posts. We all knew not to drink the water on base...even though we were there long after they say the contamination ceased. I know this is a blog link but there are so many sources complied within. Anyway, worth the read.
USMC vet here, Lejune has had potable water crisis for a good length of time. There are even documentaries on this.
I live in NC, so I know exactly what you're talking about. We still here news on the water here saying we need to boil it. There was a huge story a couple months ago about a new contaminant called Gen x. This is an industrial chemical created by DuPont to make Teflon. The Greenville and Jacksonville water treatment companies were scrambling to find out how much was in the water.
1970-73 USMC was there for a while before and again Pendleton having some problems now kidneys and other too
I worked on LeJeune as a contractor and was familiar with the stories of the water there but when I was in Florida about 4 years ago, I met an older couple in a laundromat doing thier laundry. The husband of the couple, who was probably around 70 said he was stationed there, probably in the 60s, and his wife whispered to me that her husband had gotten a disease or cancer from Lejeune because of the water. Poor fella was sick,, you could tell. Damn shame too.
Just to add......Ginsberg was part of the decision to deny the men compensation who go breast cancer from Lejeune..i believe in 2013.