Ailing vets sue over smoke from trash fires in Iraq, Afghanistan 'You'd cough up black stuff"

[kpete]

Source: MSNBC


Ailing vets sue over smoke from trash fires in Iraq, Afghanistan
'You'd cough up black stuff, and you couldn't seem to catch your breath'

Some 241 military personnel and contractors who became ill after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq are suing a Houston-based firm, claiming they were poisoned by smoke from trash fires, the Washington Post reported Friday.

The claimants, who are from 42 states, are suffering from a range of conditions including cancer and severe breathing problems, which they blame on the thick, black smoke. The symptoms were reportedly nicknamed "Iraqi crud" by troops.

They are taking legal action against Kellogg Brown & Root, which operated more than two dozen burn-pits in the two countries, the Post reported. It used to be a subsidiary of Halliburton, which is a also a defendant in the case.

These were used to get rid of garbage including plastic water bottles, Styrofoam food containers, mangled bits of metal, paint, solvent, medical waste and dead animals by dousing it in fuel and setting fire to it, the newspaper said.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38588943/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[Botany]

1. The son of my neighbor who is 31 & served 3 terms in Iraq is dying ....

.... from brain cancer. He has glioblastoma and is fighting w/ the V.A. on
if his cancer is connected to his service so he can get more money.

Between the burn pits, the depleted uranium, white phosphorous, and God knows what else
we have made some real nightmares.

[pasto76]

2. My wife just had my first baby, and she turned out fine

Ive been sweating bullets for 6 years that DU exposure would make something go wrong. But liek a good troop with PACE (Primary, alternate, contingency and Emergency plans) my choice of wife included a step daughter, who is actually a pristine example of development.

The inclusing of civilian contractors may actually give this traction, otherwise the troops would get the shaft again.

SGT PASTO