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The Pentagon acknowledges the risks of\u00a0burn pits<\/a>, which the U.S. military has used to get rid of human, food, equipment\u00a0and other waste while downrange<\/a>, and is looking for alternatives while pledging to do a better job tracking how\u00a0exposure affects service members<\/a>.<\/p>\n But there are no plans to stop using them.<\/p>\n In the report, the Pentagon acknowledges that burning hazardous waste, tires and plastic in open pits creates dangerous fumes, but they it is still done during deployments if the local combatant commander ? currently, they\u2019re only used in U.S. Central Command ? can\u2019t find a good alternative. –\u00a0 Article<\/p>\n Here’s a link to the Burn Pit Registry, which contains links to articles about exposure to toxic materials from burn pits.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.amiemullerfoundation.org\/burn-pit-facts<\/a><\/p>\n If there are delays in Congress to pass legislation quickly, instead making veterans wait until they are dead, as is implied in the article, then this needs to be looked into. It was bad enough that the claims of illnesses related to dioxin compounds by those exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam were blown off. This is at least as bad, and the delay, as the article says, seems to be aimed at waiting until the claimants are dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n