David Bedworth

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A disabling encounter with prostate and brain cancer put David Bedworth in a situation where he could not work and had limited abilities as a result of treatment. However, brain surgery stimulated a long dormant creative surge in literature, music and poetry. He contributed to The Student Operated Press and collaborated with his sister on a collection of illustrated poems. He also worked with a group of ill veterans and family members who were exposed to contaminants at the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Sadly, he passed away, but his work remains, reminding us of the man he was.

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A Camp Lejeune Tragedy

Environment

David Bedworth - Tue April 6, 2010

The story of Mary, a family member of a Marine who has suffered illness as a result of exposure to contamination at Camp Lejeune.

Willful Negligence At Camp Lejeune?

Military

David Bedworth - Tue February 23, 2010

Recent discovery of files and documents by scientists investigating contamination at Camp Lejeune reveal levels and types of contamination far higher than reported.

A Mission to Find Christopher

Caribbean

David Bedworth - Thu February 18, 2010

An account of a brave Nurse and her companion and their efforts to locate a missing 3-month old Haitian baby in the medical chaos of the Haitian earthquake disaster

Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009 – An Update

Military

David Bedworth - Tue February 9, 2010

The Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009 is voted down in the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. After years of work to obtain legislation in support of veterans and family members made ill by contamination at Camp Lejeune the final hurd