Posted on Feb 4, 2022
Biden says burn pits killed his son. More than 261k are sick. What is the US doing?
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Some people compare burn pits during OIF to Agent Orange during Vietnam War.
https://www.ric.edu/news-events/news/burn-pits-agent-orange-iraqi-war
https://www.ric.edu/news-events/news/burn-pits-agent-orange-iraqi-war
Burn Pits – The Agent Orange of the Iraqi War
The same deadly chemicals found in the herbicide Agent Orange that wassprayed on the jungles of Vietnam during the Vietnam War are being released in burn pits on U.S.military bases across Iraq and Afghanistan.
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SPC Jeff Daley, PhD
It was my hope that we would not have another generation of veterans that has to experience the illnesses the Vietnam Veterans deal with today. It's a shame the leadership can not seem to learn from previous mistakes. LTC Eugene Chu
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I have had a cough that won't go away for years and respiratory issues. Doctors can't figure it out and I am at peace with a potential early death. I hope they figure it out but I won't get my hopes up. Just another brick in the wall.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Within a few short months of returning from her 13-month deployment to Iraq in 2008, she could no longer manage the three-mile jogs she used to run every day.
In 2011, she was diagnosed with terminal constrictive bronchiolitis – a rare form of lung cancer caused by breathing in toxins – and she was medically retired from the Navy two years later."...
..."Within a few short months of returning from her 13-month deployment to Iraq in 2008, she could no longer manage the three-mile jogs she used to run every day.
In 2011, she was diagnosed with terminal constrictive bronchiolitis – a rare form of lung cancer caused by breathing in toxins – and she was medically retired from the Navy two years later."...
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