This latter type of threat is examined by an IOM committee in response to a request from the Department of Veterans Affairs to examine the health consequences to military forces deployed in proximity to potentially hazardous burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.Military Medicine: Official Journal of ...
Concern for deployment-related lung disease is on the rise, as more US troops and civilian contractors are reporting prolonged and unexplained respiratory symptoms after returning from southwest Asia. Several exposures of concern have been identified, including burn pit emission...
Newly Reported Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Relation to Deployment Within Proximity to a Documented Open-Air Burn Pit in Iraq OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between possible exposure to smoke from documented open-air burn pits and newly reported lupus and rheumatoid arthrit... Jones, K...
BurnPitScreenerA serious concern among post-9/11 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans (IAV) are health conditions from military and environmental exposure while serving. Many veterans are becoming suddenly ill and experiencing symptoms that have been associated with exposure to burning trash or "burn pits" ...
Institute of Medicine (2011) Long-term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.Russo, W. (2013). Initial Research on the Long-Term Health consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Departme...
doi:10.1378/chest.10968Dodson, DarrelKwon, Herbert P.Zacher, LisaChestDodson D, Kwon HP, Zacher L: Gold and Teflon from transbronchial biopsies of a combat veteran with shortness of breath after exposure to burn pits in Iraq. Chest 2010; 138: 80A....
Conditional probability function (CPF) analyses were performed to assess the source directionality relative to the monitoring sites Results: These analyses point to multiple sources of the PAH and PCDD/PCDF compounds including the burn pit (primarily a source of PCDD/PCDFs), the transportation field...
This study evaluated risk factors of sarcoidosis among Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR) participantsusing aretrospective age and sex-matched case–control design of AHOBPR participants deployed to Afghanistan or Southwest Asia withand without sarcoidosis diagnosed in the Veterans ...
Special consideration was given to the burn pit operations adjacent to the FOB, however, there was ultimately insufficient reliable data to determine if there were additional impacts associated with proximity to burn pit operations. Final recommendations of this report included the termination of all ...