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Burn Pits
- Toxic Exposure
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Yesterday's Burn-Pits Created
the Health Issues of Today!
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“...burn pits inherently create health issues and should be
terminated as soon as practical, in order to protect the life,
health and safety" CENTCOM 2009 |
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U.S.
Military Toxic Exposure Guide |
Burn-Pits Cause Cancer !
What are Burn-Pits?
Hundreds of tons of waste
produced on Coalition bases in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia, were burned in
football field-sized hollows of roiling flame and unceasing smoke,
propelled by jet and diesel fuels – as Canadian soldiers lived, worked,
and slept on site. It is well established that burning regular household
waste releases carcinogens, neuro-disruptors, and heavy metals that can
have devastating effects on the lungs, heart, brain, thyroid, and immune
system. However when contractors and native companies dump toxic
material in a burn pit it is doubly dangerous.
Many
Questions About Burn-Pits
The two big questions that
many who served in areas of Burn-Pits ask are:
“Why are we
sleeping right next to where we burn trash?” and ...
“Why are
these companies not following the regulations for disposing of toxic
material?
Some of the symptoms that
veterans have registered at BurnPits360.org are:
Abdominal Pain
Autoimmune
Behavioral Changes
Blisters
Blood in Stool
Blood in Urine
Blurred Vision
Body Aches
Chest Pain
Choking
Confusion
Congestion
Constipation
Chronic Cough
Diarrhea
Diarrhea-Severe
Difficult or Painful Urination
Difficulty Breathing
Difficulty Swallowing
Dizziness
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Drooling
Drowsiness
Edema
Excessive Tearing
Eye Problems
Facial Paralysis
Fatigue
Fever
Foot and/or Ankle Pain
Foot and/or Leg Swelling
Headache
Heartburn
Heart Palpitations
High Blood Pressure
Hip Pain
Indigestion
Infertility
Joint Pain
Knee Pain
Loss of Appetite
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Loss of Muscle Control
Loss of Smell
Low Back Pain
Low Blood Pressure
Low Vitamin D
Low Testosterone
Memory Loss
Migraines
Minor Skin Irritation
Muscle Twitching
Nasal Congestion
Nausea or Vomiting
Neck Pain
Night Sweats
Numbness/Tingling
Paleness/Yellowish Skin
Pelvic Pain: Female
Pelvic Pain: Male
Rapid Heart Rate
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Rectal Bleeding
Reflux
Runny Nose
Seizures
Shortness of Breath
Shoulder Pain
Skin Lesions or Rashes
Sleep Apnea
Sore Throat
Soreness/Joint Stiffness
Stomach Cramps
Stomach Distension
Sweating
Thirst (excessive)
Thyroid Imbalances
Trembling
Urinary Issues
Weakness
Wheezing
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The Top Ten Cancers
from Burn Pit Exposure Reported at BurnPits360.org
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Skin |
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Brain |
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Esophageal |
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Leukemia |
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Lymphoma |
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Lung |
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma |
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Testicular |
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Prostate |
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Blood |
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Some of the other cancers that veterans have registered at BurnPits360.org are:
- Acoustic neuroma blastoma
- Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma
- Aplastic Anemia
- Bladder
- Breast Cancer
- Chordoma - Skull base
- Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B-cell Stage 0
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
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- Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Dysgerminoma (Ovarian Cancer
- Epithelial Mucinous Cancer (ovarian cancer)
- Esophageal Leukoplasia
- Ewings Sarcoma
- Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma
- Glioblastoma
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatoid adenocarcinoma
- Hodgkins lymphoma
- Large Cell Lymphoma
- Liver
- Lymphatic Cancer
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- Medulloblastoma
- Meningioma brain tumor
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma
- Non Hodgkins Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma
- Pancreatic
- Polycythemia Vera
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Round Blue Cell
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Soft Tissue, Leiomyosarcoma
- Squamous cell mouth
- Synovial sarcoma
- Testicular
- Thyroid
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Review the 320 Presumptive Cancers Listed in the PACT Act
Read the U.S. Military Toxic Exposure Guide
Read the Guide to Benefits, Programs and Services
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