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Photo essay: The burn pits of Iraq and Afghanistan

WebJoint Base Balad (JBB), the largest U.S. base in Iraq had a burn pit operation as late as the summer of 2008, burning 147 tons of waste per day when the Army Times published a major story about it and related health concerns. The burn pit at JBB was 10-acres and the waste produced by each person assigned to JBB is estimated to be between 3.6 and 4.5 … WebBurn pits and other toxic exposures in Afghanistan, Iraq, and certain other areas A large sulfur fire at Mishraq State Sulfur Mine near Mosul, Iraq Hexavalent chromium at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Basra, Iraq Pollutants from a waste incinerator near the Naval Air Facility at Atsugi, Japan flights heathrow to perth australia

Biden Exaggerates Science on Burn Pits and Brain Cancer

WebSulfur fire (Al Mishraq, Iraq):A fire at a sulfur plant that burned for almost a month in June 2003 and released large amounts of sulfur dioxide into the air Chemical warfare agents (OIF):Exposure to mustard or nerve agents from demolishing or handling explosive ordnance in Iraq WebIn 2010, large-scale burn pit operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, allegedly operated by the U.S. military or its contractors such as KBR, were reported to have allowed the operation … WebBiden has said he believes burn pits may have caused the cancer that killed his son Beau – an Iraq War veteran who died of brain cancer in 2015 – but has noted he “can’t prove it … flights heathrow to zaventem