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A week. the people need the truth to understand what is happening to their bodies. reporter: john eaves jr. is the attorney in the lawsuit. one of the biggest problems we have is that we don t believe that the military has fully come clean with all the chemicals and the agents that have been used on this island, uranium was denied, then they admitted it. reporter: after years of controversy and protests, the navy left vieques island in 2003. today, much of the base is demolished and what s left, largely overgrown. in my experience in dealing with hazardous sites and toxic substances, vieques is likely to be one of the most contaminated sites in the world. reporter: dr. john largo is a yale professorer. he believes people on the island are sick because of the navy s bombing range. contamination results from the longevity of the bombing, the shelling, the strafing and ....