Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

by Committee on the Long-Term Health Conseq, Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations

Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air burn pits on military bases. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base Balad in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007. The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309217555
• ISBN13: 9780309217552
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"