Thousands of military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to a variety of potentially harmful substances, including the smoke produced by the burning of waste on military bases.

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Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic ...

Biden addresses possible link between son’s fatal brain cancer and toxic military burn pits PBS: Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, professor of medicine, discussed how multidisciplinary research could lead to ...

They've been referred to as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber, munitions ...

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The Burn Pit Initiative is expected to serve as a foundational program within a broader biodefense framework that may be extended to additional exposure-related and environmental health threats.