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Because in 2009, the DOD issued an official
internal environmental regulation that acknowledged, quote, "Burn pits inherently create health issues and should be terminated
as soon as practical, in order to protect the life, health and safety
of USCENTCOM and coalition personnel." And in 2010, the VA circulated
an official internal memo telling VA medical examiners
to be on the lookout for conditions related to the exposure
of these chemicals: particulate matter,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds,
dioxins and furans
internal environmental regulation that acknowledged, quote, "Burn pits inherently create health issues and should be terminated
as soon as practical, in order to protect the life, health and safety
of USCENTCOM and coalition personnel." And in 2010, the VA circulated
an official internal memo telling VA medical examiners
to be on the lookout for conditions related to the exposure
of these chemicals: particulate matter,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds,
dioxins and furans
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Because in 2009,
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the DOD issued an official
internal environmental regulation
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that acknowledged, quote,
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"Burn pits inherently create health issues
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and should be terminated
as soon as practical, in order to protect
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the life, health and safety
of USCENTCOM and coalition personnel."
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And in 2010, the VA circulated
an official internal memo
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telling VA medical examiners
to be on the lookout
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for conditions related to the exposure
of these chemicals:
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particulate matter,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
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volatile organic compounds,
dioxins and furans.
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It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the world's problems. It's harder to pinpoint the systems responsible for creating them. In this series, Jon Stewart brings together people impacted by different parts of a problem to discuss how w...
