Hearing on Open Air Burn Pits Highlights Vast Gulf Between DoD & VA
Fortunately, for those who are suffering from those exposures; most legislators are seeing the VA’s lack of response for what it is; round two of the decades long stall tactic that the agency exhibited with Vietnam era veterans and their claims about Agent Orange exposures…â€Delay, Deny, Until You Dieâ€.
Lauren Price — June 9, 2018
The hearing on Friday highlighted several of the glaring chasms that exist between the DoD, the VA and the veteran community; regarding those agencies handling of toxic chemical exposures.
For over a decade, the Department of Defense permitted the use of open-air pits as its only method of waste disposal for its combat operations in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. In 2009, after reports of toxic chemicals being emitted from these burn pits came to light, the DoD ordered that incinerators replace the open-air pits.
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