Local ex-Marine spreads word about Camp Lejeune's once-toxic water

Local ex-Marine spreads word about Camp Lejeune's once-toxic water
ByFernandoQuintero
Sentinel Staff Writer
June 2, 2009
When he discovered he had bladder cancer in 2005, Mike Segura of Casselberry began searching for answers.

"The day I was diagnosed, I said, 'Lord, I don't know why I got this,'" said Segura, 51. "Right then, I felt peaceful. I could see He had a purpose."

In April 2008, Segura found a possible answer — and a purpose. A letter from the U.S. Marine Corps informed him he may have been exposed to toxic chemicals during his stay at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. During four decades, an estimated 500,000 civilians and soldiers were exposed to tainted drinking water on the base.

Segura's purpose, it turns out, is to help spread the word to others who lived on or near Camp Lejeune. He thinks his illness — and those of many others — was caused by exposure to the toxins that seeped from a dry cleaner and industrial activity at the camp into its water supply.
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