Medicine
Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Institute of Medicine
Description
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 the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. Insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions. This report, therefore, recommends that, along with more efficient data-gathering methods, a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases.
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- Publisher National Academies Press
- Publication Date December 2011
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780309217552
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 45 USD
- Pages192
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions11 x 8.5 inches
- Biblio NotesRelated Digital edition - 9780309217569 . Copyright year 2011.
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