Shut down burn pits, lung association urges
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jun 23, 2010 17:05:42 EDT
The American Lung Association called for the military to ban open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The association “is deeply concerned by reports of the use of burn pits and negative effects on lung health on soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan,” H. James Gooden, chairman of the association’s board of directors, said during a Senate defense appropriations subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
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Shut down burn pits, lung association urges
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