Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13209
Concludes that there is insufficient data on solders’ exposures to emissions from open air burn pits on bases in Afghanistan and Iraq to reach conclusions about long-term health effects. Calls for more research into the quantities and types of materials burned in the pits. From the Institute of Medicine
