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Irvine Councilwoman Christina Shea Speaks Out on Environmental Mess at El Toro
Tim King Salem-News.comAn environmentally sensitive politician from the GOP steps up to expose Irvine's Toxic Cocktail.
(SALEM, Ore.) - 
Never believe there isn't reason for hope. The old Marine Corps air base in Orange County, El Toro, is a huge political liability, that isn't necessarily a big secret, but new attention is being drawn to this fact by one of Irvine's city leaders, Councilwoman Christina Shea.
She is coming out swinging with allegations of cover ups, wasted taxpayer funds and major concerns about the health of people who once lived on the base, or today live near it.
VA Quietly Giving Benefits to Marines Exposed to Toxic Water
By Barbara Barrett Special to Salem-News.comThe public is only now beginning to realize the extent of the contamination.
(WASHINGTON D.C. McClatchy Newspap) - 
Former Marine Corps Cpl. Peter Devereaux was told about a year ago that he had just two or three years to live.
More than 12 months later, at 48, he still isn’t ready to concede that the cancer that’s wasting his innards is going to kill him. He swallows his pills and suffers the pain and each afternoon he greets his 12-year-old daughter, Jackie, as she steps off her school bus in North Andover, Mass.
Camp Lejeune Informational Meetings
Robert O'Dowd Salem-News.comThe next meeting will be Saturday, July 10th in Roanoke, Virginia. Partian said they will need at least 100 people to hold the meeting.
(CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) - 
Veterans and dependents are holding a series of informational meetings to spread the word to others on Camp Lejeune’s water well contamination.
The Marine base’s water system was contaminated with organic solvents; exposure to organic solvents has been linked to cancer and other serious diseases.
Only a Fool Would Let Their Kid Play in Irvine`s `Great Park`
Tim King Salem-News.comOur Environmental Writer Roger Butow describes the conditions at our old base; MCAS El Toro, as "Toxic Soup de jour".
(IRVINE, Calif.) - 
I can't believe we're still talking about this, and that somehow, some way, the city of Irvine is still trying to place a kids park atop one of the deadliest and most contaminated military bases in the world.
In the past, El Toro was used to kill... I mean, facilitate aviation Marines, like myself and Roger Butow, featured in the interview below.
Marines in Trouble; Politicians & Press Push Corps Toward Truth
Tim King Salem-News.comInterestingly, American media groups have not been ignoring this story, particularly McClatchy newspapers
(SALEM) - 
It looks like some jarheads in the nation's capitol may be on the verge of learning some very hard lessons.
It isn't figurative; the Corps has been blocking efforts to bring it to responsibility for the irreversible damage caused by serious water contamination at Camp Lejeune.
An Open Letter to President Obama
Robert O'Dowd Salem-News.comAn Open Letter to President Obama About Veterans Exposed to Environmental Hazards.
(WASHINGTON. D.C.) - 
Dear President Obama: We know that you may have read and been briefed about individuals exposed to environmental hazards at Camp Lejeune.
For Camp Lejeune, Senator Daniel Akaka (D, HI) estimated that as many as 500,000 veterans and dependents may have been exposed to organic solvents in the base’s water supply.
Health Care for Exposure to Military Environmental Hazards
Robert O'Dowd Salem-News.comPart II: Environmental Exposure Claims and Senate Bill S.3378: Good Try but Not a Winner.
(WASHINGTON D.C.) - 
Most Americans would agree that those injured in the military are entitled to health care to heal their bodies.
Health Care for Exposure to Military Environmental Hazards
Robert O'Dowd Salem-News.comPart I: Camp Lejeune and Atsugi Naval Air Facility
(WASHINGTON D.C.) - 
This story is about the widespread use of chemicals in the military, unsafe disposal practices, and failure to use personal protective equipment, to avoid unnecessary contamination and suffering.
Ode to a Murdered Marine
Robert O'Dowd Salem-News.comTwo former West Coast Marine veterans team-up to write a poem on the murder of a Marine Corps Colonel.
(SALEM, Ore.) - 
It’s hard for me to picture two hardnosed Marine veterans as poets. My limited contact with poetry was in college at Temple University in the 1970s. I managed to squeeze by an English poetry course with a gentlemen “C.”
With these credentials, I’m not exactly a poetry expert, but you have to be impressed with the efforts made by Tim King and Luke Easter, two Marine veterans, to honor the memory of Colonel James E. Sabow, USMC.
Advisory Panel Poised To Back EPA`s Landmark Cancer Finding On TCE
Salem-News.comSalem-News.com has been reporting the massive TCE contamination of MCAS El Toro and Camp Lejeune for three years.
(WASHINGTON D.C.) - 
A panel of experts reviewing EPA's draft risk assessment of the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) appears to be poised to back the agency's proposed listing of the ubiquitous groundwater contaminant as a human carcinogen.
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