The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers

The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers

â€œThereâ€™s a whole chapter on my son Beauâ€¦ He was co-located [twice] near these burn pits.â€
â€“Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States of America

The Agent Orange of the 21st Centuryâ€¦ Thousands of American soldiers are returning from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with severe wounds from chemical war. They are not the victims of ruthless enemy warfare, but of their own military commanders. These soldiers, afflicted with rare cancers and respiratory diseases, were sickened from the smoke and ash swirling out of the â€œburn pitsâ€ where military contractors incinerated mountains of trash, including old stockpiles of mustard and sarin gas, medical waste, and other toxic material.

This shocking work includes:
Illustration of the devastation in one soldierâ€™s intimate story
A plea for help
Connection between the burn pits and Major Bidenâ€™s unfortunate suffering and death
The burn pitsâ€™ effects on native citizens of Iraq: mothers, fathers, and children
Denial from the Department of Defense and others
Warning signs that were ignored
and much more

Based on thousands of government documents, over five hundred in-depth medical case studies, and interviews with more than one thousand veterans and active-duty GIs, The Burn Pits will shock the nation. The book is more than an explosive work of investigative journalismâ€”it is the deeply moving chronicle of the many young men and women who signed up to serve their country in the wake of 9/11, only to return home permanently damaged, the victims of their own armed forcesâ€™ criminal negligence.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse Publishing
Manufacturer Hot Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-02-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781510705739

Country	USA
Brand	Skyhorse Publishing
Manufacturer	Hot Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-02-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781510705739

The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers

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