Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Publication Year:2011

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Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan; Institute of Medicine
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Front Matter	i-xii
Summary	1-10	(skim)
1 Introduction	11-14	(skim)
2 Current and Historical Uses of Burn Pits in the Military	15-22	(skim)
3 Approach to the Task	23-30	(skim)
4 Evaluation of Air Monitoring Data and Determinants of Exposure	31-46	(skim)
5 Health Effects of Air Pollutants Detected at Joint Base Balad	47-62	(skim)
6 Health Effects Associated with Combustion Products	63-108	(skim)
7 Synthesis and Conclusions	109-116	(skim)
8 Feasibility and Design Issues for an Epidemiologic Study of Veterans Exposed to Burn Pit Emissions	117-128	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee Biographical Sketches	129-132	(skim)
Appendix B: Review of Air Monitoring Data from Joint Base Balad	133-138	(skim)
Appendix C: Epidemiologic Studies Cited in Chapter 6: Health Outcomes	139-180	(skim)

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Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air "burn pits" on military bases. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base Balad in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007. The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. Insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions. This report, therefore, recommends that, along with more efficient data-gathering methods, a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases.

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