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Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to cancer-causing chemicals, document shows

Submitted by Jefferson on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 12:52
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John Byrne
Published: Tuesday March 10, 2009

A newly leaked military document appears to show the Pentagon knowingly exposed US troops to toxic chemicals that cause cancer, while publicly downplaying the risks exposure might cause.

The document, written by an environmental engineering flight commander in December of 2006 and posted on Wikileaks (PDF) on Tuesday, details the risks posed to US troops in Iraq by burning garbage at a US airbase. It enumerates myriad risks posed by the practice and identifies various carcinogens released by incinerating waste in open-air pits.

Because of the difficulties in testing samples, investigators could not prove that chemicals exceeded military exposure guidelines. But a military document released last December found that chemicals routinely exceeded safe levels by twice to six times.
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yeah

Submitted by oticonr on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 13:37.

well it's not just the troops....it's us contractors too....

Those burn pits were real bad, until the airforce complained about it, and made sure it was put in there medical records...lol...I'm tring to get my hands on that documentation too, since I and many others were exposed.

Sorry to hear that.

Submitted by Jefferson on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 13:48.

I have a couple of buddies that are doing construction contract work over there.

I guess the leaked PDF document in the article wouldn't help?
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Submitted by legalizeliberty on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 13:08.

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Submitted by Jefferson on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 18:34.

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I'm shocked! Absolutely

Submitted by Allegory on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 12:57.

I'm shocked! Absolutely shocked!

NOT

yeah. isn't that sad?!!

Submitted by see-thru on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 13:07.

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That's another conspiracy biting the dust..

Submitted by Hannah2 on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 13:27.

what we have 'known' for quite some time at least has now been confirmed.