US Air Force exposes troops, Iraqis to cancer agents: Balad Air Base Burn Pit Health Hazards, 10 Dec 2006
We have more evidence that "Support the Troops" was just a slogan for the Bush administration. This report was prepared by the US Air Force in 2006. It was recently leaked to Wikileaks. From the report summary:
It is amazing that the burn pit has been able to operate without restrictions over the past few years without significant engineering controls being put in place. I would hope in the future that issues such as burn pits are identified early on and engineering controls such as incinerators would be used to mitigate these hazards. It seems that money has been the issue of why engineering controls are not currently in place.
Burn Pit Health Hazards. Note that whoever submitted it to Wikileaks spelled the name of the air base wrong. It's Balad, not Balard.
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