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=== Advocacy for Camp Lejeune victims === In 2012, POGO working with whistleblower retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, advocated for openness regarding [[Camp Lejeune water contamination|toxic water contamination]] at [[Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune]] in North Carolina. From 1953 until at least 1985, U.S. Marines and their families living at Camp Lejeune had used tap water that contained [[carcinogens]] and other harmful chemicals leaking from a nearby dump site for radioactive material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/report-camp-lejeune-water-contaminated-at-unprecedented-levels/2108929/|title=Report: Camp Lejeune water highly contaminated with carcinogens|last=Levesque|first=William R.|date=2013-03-14|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en-us|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> POGO and other organizations claimed in 2012 that the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] hid information about the nature and extent of the contamination, citing a report released by the [[Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry]] that was redacted by the Navy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.openthegovernment.org/sites/default/files/Secretary%20Panetta%20II%20on%20Camp%20Lejeune%201.23.2012.pdf|title=Letter to Secretary of Defense Panetta|date=2012-01-24|website=Open The Government|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> Later that year, the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] voted to approve healthcare for those who lived at Camp Lejeune and suffered health problems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2012/07/closer-than-ever-to-justice-for-camp-lejeune-water-contamination-victims.html|title=Closer Than Ever to Justice for Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Victims|last=Canterbury|first=Angela|date=2012-09-19|website=Project on Government Oversight|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> In 2017, the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans' Affairs]] finalized rules to provide benefits for people who had been diagnosed with certain diseases as a result of living at Camp Lejeune.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/military/veterans/us-agrees-to-pay-billions-to-marines-affected-by-toxic-water-at-camp/2309435/|title=U.S. agrees to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water at Camp Lejeune|last=Levesque|first=William R.|date=2017-01-12|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en-us|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref>
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