METHODS. As part of a comprehensive study of previously deployed military personnel with exertional dyspnea (n=145), all patients underwent pulmonary function testing, screening for burn pit exposure via the VA Burn Pit Registry Questionnaire, and if warranted by sleep questionnaires, in-lab ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR) in 2014 to address exposure concerns for veterans who have served in military operations in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. By 2021, over 236,086 veterans completed the online questionnaire ...
Exposure to Burn Pit Emissions and Respiratory Diseases?doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.7581RESPIRATORY disease risk factorsRISK assessmentAIR pollutionDEPLOYMENT (Military strategy)CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factorsENVIRONMENTAL exposureOCCUPATIONAL exposure...
Subjective burn pit exposure does not appear to influence OSA development in previously deployed military personnel. Given the high rate of OSA in this cohort, continued investigation of deployment exposures which may influence sleep-disordered breathing is recommended....
1st Class Heath Robinson went on guard duty or worked alongside his fellow soldiers in Iraq, he could see and smell the smoke rising from the base's burn pits. "It was just an open pit the Army would use to get rid of anything-trash, feces, computers, rubber tires," he said in a...
Untangling the Complex Interactions of Open Burn Pit Exposure and Health Outcomes: Response to Brumage et aldoi:10.4088/PCC.21lr02926aPadala, Kalpana P.Padala, Prasad R.Yuet-Kin LeungDennis, Richard A.Ho, Shuk-MeiPrimary Care Companion for CNS Disorders (2155-7772)...