The Connection Between Burn Pits and Lung Cancer

Video/Image Voiceover/Audio The Connection Between Burn Pits and Lung Cancer Animation: An open-air burn pit with people tossing different things into it - a biohazard container, weapons, chemicals, supplies. Pan to a military base nearby showing where servicemen and women live. For decades, the U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of waste during deployments. These open-air fires burned everything from weapons and fuel to plastics, chemicals — and even human waste. Burn pits were often located close to where service members lived and worked. 3.5 million Represent 3.5 million servicemembers somehow, both men and women An estimated 3.5 million U.S. veterans and active-duty service members may have been exposed to toxic burn pit fumes during their service. Toxins depicted on screen Burn pits have been linked to respiratory illnesses: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Chronic rhinitis Chronic sinusitis Constrictive bronchiolitis Burn pits are linked to lung cancer 2x the risk These fumes contain cancer-causing chemicals like benzene and dioxins and fine particulate matter, which has been linked to respiratory illnesses like COPD, chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis and c...