In advance of this Veterans Day, Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Aaron Task had the chance to speak to Brockovich about the plight of the men and women who have served our country in our Armed Forces. This issue is one close to Brockovich’s heart; her son, daughter and son-in-law have all served in the United States Military.

“We have the privileges of who we are today because they’ve gone out and fought for us and it disturbs me when they come home and I don’t always think that they’re getting the treatment they deserve,” says Brockovich.

Specifically, Brockovich discussed her involvement with military families on North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune, which is now the country’s largest Marine Corps base with 170,000 marine and civilian personnel living and working on the base.

According to the U.S. Government, for three decades (1957 until 1987) soldiers and their families were exposed to drinking water contaminated by a variety of chemicals provided by treatment facilities located on the base. Aggressive forms of cancer and other illnesses have appeared in people who drank and bathed in the water.

In 2012 President Obama signed a law named after Janey Ensminger; who died of leukemia in 1958. She’s the daughter of Jerry Ensminger a retired marine. The law is meant to provide healthcare to anyone living on the base during the time the water was contaminated. Ensminger, along with Brockovich, have been vocal advocates for those affected by the Camp Lejuene pollution.

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This case echoes the one Brockovich famously took on in the film on behalf of Hinkley, CA against California’s Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and its contamination of the town’s water supply. The result was the largest class action injury payout of $333 million to over 600 residents of the town affected by PG&E’s pollution.

Brockovich says the government needs to do more to ensure those affected have better access to medical care and health benefits. “It boggles my mind that these men and women come home from war safely only to be poisoned on their own soil and then to be denied their claims.” Brockovich says she believes the contamination is still an ongoing issue on the base.

Yahoo Finance reached out to both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Marine Corps for comment on the impact of the Camp Lejeune water contamination. The DOJ declines comment because of pending litigation.

For more information or to get involved in efforts to help returning veterans, Brockovich suggests visiting woundedwarriorsproject.org or emailing her at erin@brockovich.com.

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