And the feds have no idea why.
The military’s widespread use of open-air burn pits — massive heaps of Styrofoam, human waste and plastic water bottles, in flames around the clock — seemed to be the most obvious answer.
But results of a study published today by the Institute of Medicine, and commissioned by the Department of Veterans Affairs, are frustratingly inconclusive — largely because the military didn’t collect adequate data for researchers to do their jobs.
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The "burn pit" we had in Baghdad, run but KBR, was way too close to where we lived...everyday at 1600 hours, they'd start the burn. KBR sent out a camp wide e-mail reminding troops to not through things like ammo and grenades in the dumpster...because they blew up in the fire.
burning 5 million water bottles, and all the other normal trash made in a day by an army.
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