Posted on Feb 4, 2022
Biden says burn pits killed his son. More than 261k are sick. What is the US doing?
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While stationed in Baghdad, soldiers nicknamed it “the Iraqi crud”.
For many, over-the-counter medication helped ease their breathing difficulties while on tour before they recovered on their return to the US.
But for Lauren Price, the crud never went away.
Within a few short months of returning from her 13-month deployment to Iraq in 2008, she could no longer manage the three-mile jogs she used to run every day.
In 2011, she was diagnosed with terminal constrictive bronchiolitis – a rare form of lung cancer caused by breathing in toxins – and she was medically retired from the Navy two years later.
For many, over-the-counter medication helped ease their breathing difficulties while on tour before they recovered on their return to the US.
But for Lauren Price, the crud never went away.
Within a few short months of returning from her 13-month deployment to Iraq in 2008, she could no longer manage the three-mile jogs she used to run every day.
In 2011, she was diagnosed with terminal constrictive bronchiolitis – a rare form of lung cancer caused by breathing in toxins – and she was medically retired from the Navy two years later.
Biden says burn pits killed his son. More than 261k are sick. What is the US doing?
Posted from independent.co.uk
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Some people compare burn pits during OIF to Agent Orange during Vietnam War.
https://www.ric.edu/news-events/news/burn-pits-agent-orange-iraqi-war
https://www.ric.edu/news-events/news/burn-pits-agent-orange-iraqi-war
Burn Pits – The Agent Orange of the Iraqi War
The same deadly chemicals found in the herbicide Agent Orange that wassprayed on the jungles of Vietnam during the Vietnam War are being released in burn pits on U.S.military bases across Iraq and Afghanistan.
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SPC Jeff Daley, PhD
It was my hope that we would not have another generation of veterans that has to experience the illnesses the Vietnam Veterans deal with today. It's a shame the leadership can not seem to learn from previous mistakes. LTC Eugene Chu
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I have had a cough that won't go away for years and respiratory issues. Doctors can't figure it out and I am at peace with a potential early death. I hope they figure it out but I won't get my hopes up. Just another brick in the wall.
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He may very well be correct. Hopefully this generation will get swifter action than we have so far with Agent Orange
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