Congress Poised to Help Veterans Exposed to ‘Burn Pits’ over Decades of War

Feb 13, 2019 | Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times
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Tens of thousands of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to burn pits, which were regularly used to dispose of all manner of refuse in giant dumps ignited by jet fuel. Discarding waste was an especially acute problem for troops there, as huge bases were established in locations that had no infrastructure for proper disposal or existing sanitation services had been shattered by combat.