Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with north_carolina www.salem-news.com 2010 Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted marine for nearly 25 years. As a drill instructor in the Marine Corps, he was responsible for training thousands of new recruits. But when Jerry’s nine-year-old daughter Janey passed away from a rare type of leukemia, his structured world began to collapse around him. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/semper-fi.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/semper-fi.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:37:00 PST On January 15, the News & Observer published a reminder of Norh Carolina's involvement in kidnapping, disappearance and torture. A recent opinion piece announced important findings revealed in a report by students in the University of North Carolina School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy clinic. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/torture-nc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/torture-nc.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:50:00 PST Camp Lejeune will likely go down in history as the stage of one of the worst toxic contaminations in the country—and one of the most shameful cover-ups by the Marine Corps. Between 1957 and 1987, as many as one million Marines at Camp Lejeune and their family members used and ingested water contaminated by extremely toxic organic compounds. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/lejeune-navy-dl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/lejeune-navy-dl.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:17:00 PST RSW Distributors, LLC, is recalling approximately 3,104 pounds of seasoned diced beef products that may contain foreign materials, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/usda-recall.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/usda-recall.php Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:43:00 PST Veterans who served at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to contaminants present in the base water supply prior to 1987. The chemical compounds involved have been associated by various scientific organizations with the possible development of certain chronic diseases. http://salem-news.com/articles/november292011/tce-path-known-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november292011/tce-path-known-tk.php Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:04:00 PST A long-anticipated report by the Environmental Protection Agency determined this week that exposure to the chemical degreaser TCE causes cancer in humans. http://salem-news.com/articles/october022011/camp-lejeune-hh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october022011/camp-lejeune-hh.php Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:30:00 PDT The Camp Lejeune documentary "Semper Fi: Always Faithfull" will be released in a limited showing for New York City and Los Angeles beginning August 26th. Semper Fi has already won several awards and will hopefully been in wider distribution over the coming months. http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/semper-fi.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august162011/semper-fi.php Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:55:00 PDT It doesn’t take a science degree to know that a survey of two Superfund sites show higher incidence of cancer and other diseases than found in the general population. Yet, that is exactly what one agency plans in a health survey of a groups from two Marine bases. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/lejeune-survey-bo.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/lejeune-survey-bo.php Sat, 28 May 2011 02:48:00 PDT Today, a bill was reintroduced that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide health care to veterans and their families who have suffered adverse health effects after exposure to toxic water at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The bill is named after Janey Ensminger, the 9-year old daughter of former Marine Jerry Ensminger, who died of a rare leukemia. http://salem-news.com/articles/may052011/ensmingler-act.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052011/ensmingler-act.php Thu, 05 May 2011 12:20:00 PDT There are tens of millions of good Americans; people I could like, admire and respect if I knew them personally. At the same time there are tens of millions of bad Americans who, intentionally or otherwise, are bent towards destroying the world and everyone on it (including, ironically, themselves, but they don’t seem to have that much awareness). http://salem-news.com/articles/april232011/global-enemy-dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april232011/global-enemy-dj.php Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:40:00 PDT Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger's loyalty belonged to the Marine Corps for 25 years. But when his nine-year-old daughter dies of a rare leukemia, Jerry gives up all else to investigate the cause of her death. His exhaustive search for answers leads to a shocking discovery: one of the largest water contamination cover-ups in US history. http://salem-news.com/articles/april212011/semper-fi-rr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april212011/semper-fi-rr.php Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:17:00 PDT Five members of Congress today sent a bipartisan letter to the Department of the Navy questioning its commitment to transparency regarding Camp Lejeune’s contaminated drinking water. North Carolina delegation members U.S. Senators Richard Burr, Kay R. Hagan and Representative Brad Miller, along with Senator Bill Nelson and Representative John Dingell ask the Department of the Navy to immediately provide the public with accurate information. http://salem-news.com/articles/april152011/camp-lejeune.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april152011/camp-lejeune.php Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:10:00 PDT I never would have imagined that I would now be writing the story of the 70th man who served at or lived aboard Camp Lejeune, who developed breast cancer. This is the final straw in drawing needed attention to serious health issues tied to the base water supply. http://salem-news.com/articles/april072011/male-breast-cancer-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april072011/male-breast-cancer-tk.php Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:40:00 PDT I became a bit of an expert on the military legal system during my time as a U.S. Marine. I don't know if it was half me and half the Marine Corps, or just how it all came to be the mess that it was; but I do feel that I became a qualified expert of sorts at being a Marine troublemaker. http://salem-news.com/articles/march282011/usmc-mutiny-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march282011/usmc-mutiny-tk.php Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:00:00 PDT A documentary about the historic water contamination at Camp Lejeune will have its world premier this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. “Semper Fi: Always Faithful” tracks the evolution of Marine veteran Jerry Ensminger into an environmentalist after the death of his young daughter, Janey, from leukemia in 1985. http://salem-news.com/articles/march082011/jerry-janey-film.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march082011/jerry-janey-film.php Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:01:00 PST The Navy and Marine Corps are faced with the choice of ‘doing the right thing’ by supporting legislation to provide medical care and compensation to those injured from exposure to environmental hazards while on active duty. If not the Corps will face the backlash of a public outcry for not doing so, including lawsuits from dependents and civilian workers that could run into the billions of dollars. http://salem-news.com/articles/february242011/right-thing-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february242011/right-thing-ro.php Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:41:00 PST A federal judge has denied a motion by the government to reconsider requests to dismiss the $10,000 injury lawsuit of Marine spouse Laura Jones, who contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma after living aboard Lejeune. A judge previously rejected two motions to dismiss the case; one on the grounds that there were no standards for Lejeune’s TCE and PCE contaminants, the other because Jones’ cancer, diagnosed in 2003, fell outside the state’s 10-year statute of repose for injury claims. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042011/lejeune-suit.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042011/lejeune-suit.php Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:13:00 PST As a nurse in the US Navy during the 1970's, Nancy (Neale) Brown was stationed at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina. Nancy has enjoyed a successful life, but she is lucky; for at a young age, Nancy became a breast cancer survivor. http://salem-news.com/articles/january202011/lejeune-breast-cancer-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202011/lejeune-breast-cancer-tk.php Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:09:00 PST McClatchy Newspapers released an important story this week for Marine Corps Camp Lejeune veterans and their families. The growing amount of public awareness over the dangers of the North Carolina base's water and the fact that Marine Corps' was caught in the falsification of reports of Benzene levels connected to Hadnot Point and the fuel storage there, have led to more questions from public officials. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152011/camp-lejeune.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152011/camp-lejeune.php Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:57:00 PST Elizabeth Edwards died today at the age of 61. At the time of her death, she was separated from her husband John Edwards, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who ran as a vice-presidential nominee in the 2004 presidential race. President Obama commented on the Passing of Elizabeth Edwards... http://salem-news.com/articles/december072010/eliz-edwards.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072010/eliz-edwards.php Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:58:00 PST United States Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) has issued a statement on the new Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) report detailing ground water contamination at Camp Lejeune. “This groundbreaking report provides scientific evidence to verify what our Camp Lejeune families have known for a long time—that the water on base was contaminated with harmful chemicals,” Hagan said. http://salem-news.com/articles/october252010/hagan-lejeune.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october252010/hagan-lejeune.php Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:47:00 PDT A report released Friday by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry sheds new light on the extent and variety of chemical contaminants that found their way into the ground and drinking water of sites throughout Camp Lejeune. The 300-page report analyzes more than 18 sites of contamination located throughout the base, compiling data from hundreds of source documents and records. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/camp-lejeune-hh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/camp-lejeune-hh.php Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:29:00 PDT It was a brutal massacre even by the gruesome standards of Mexico’s drug war: 72 migrant workers gunned down by the "Zetas" - arguably the country's most violent cartel. The Zetas have a fearsome reputation, but the real surprise comes not in their ruthless use of violence, but in the origins of where they learned the tricks of their bloody trade. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/cartel-us-forces-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/cartel-us-forces-tk.php Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:28:00 PDT An informational meeting about the CAMP LEJEUNE WATER CONTAMINATION effects will be held Saturday, November 6, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, located at 107 6th Street, Pittsburgh, PA. Between sometime in the 1950’s through 1987, the US Military improperly disposed of chemical degreasers and other toxic substances that ultimately contaminated the drinking water at Camp Lejeune. http://salem-news.com/articles/october182010/lejeune-contamination-mp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october182010/lejeune-contamination-mp.php Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:36:00 PDT Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) have not notified veterans of their possible exposure to environmental hazards at 130 military installations on the EPA National Priority List (Superfund sites). There’s a critical need for the VSOs to exercise leadership by identifying the 130 military bases on the NPL, including the EPA internet link to Contaminants of Concern for each base. http://salem-news.com/articles/october172010/camp-lejeune-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october172010/camp-lejeune-ro.php Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:48:00 PDT On 16th September Congressman Brad Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held a hearing about Camp Lejeune water contamination. A live webcast was available and I watched most of the transmission in real time. The press releases on what occurred are very much a matter of record. http://salem-news.com/articles/october132010/lejeune-hearings-db.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october132010/lejeune-hearings-db.php Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:31:00 PDT Hickory Police, N.C. Police investigators say they are working several leads that specifically address missing girl Zahra Clare Baker's life before she disappeared. Investigators will interview her former teachers at schools in Caldwell County, NC. The family also lived at several different addresses recently, and investigators will interview those neighbors who may have known the family and Zahra. http://salem-news.com/articles/october132010/amber-canceled.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october132010/amber-canceled.php Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:50:00 PDT AG Cooper supports expanding access to state computer records identifying people with prescriptions for certain drugs. Recently in Charlotte, N.C., Cooper called prescription-drug abuse the biggest drug threat today. He made his remarks at a meeting with law enforcement leaders from North Carolina and 25 other states to discuss better ways to fight illegal drugs. http://salem-news.com/articles/september192010/wyatt-earp-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september192010/wyatt-earp-ms.php Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:00:00 PDT There was a night when Hurricane Katrina Survivor Fred Holley, a Vietnam Veteran, wondered if he would ever feed the seagulls along the Gulf Coast again. I met this man one year after the tragic event, while enroute to cover the war in Afghanistan. He toured me through the devastation of his homeland. http://salem-news.com/articles/september062010/katrina-holley-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september062010/katrina-holley-tk.php Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:47:00 PDT “Kidney Cancer – first dad now mom” was the title of the first posting I saw on the Discussion Board of the website “The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten”. The details of the posting made my heart sink into my boots. Once again, a new member had joined the discussion, looking for information and help. Once again, the story was tragic beyond belief. All as a result of exposure to contamination at Camp Lejeune. http://salem-news.com/articles/august092010/camp-lejeune-db.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august092010/camp-lejeune-db.php Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:11:00 PDT