Title Long-term health consequences of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan / Committee on the Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Insitute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) Contents Introduction -- Current and historical uses of burn pits in the military -- Approach to the task -- Evaluation of air monitoring data determinants of exposure -- Health effects of air pollutants detected at Joint Base Balad -- Health effects associated with combustion products -- Synthesis and conclusions -- Feasibility and design issues for an epidemiologic study of veterans exposed to burn pit emissions Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Iraq Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Afghanistan Air -- Pollution -- Physiological effect -- Iraq Air -- Pollution -- Physiological effect -- Afghanistan Pollutants -- Health aspects -- Iraq Pollutants -- Health aspects -- Afghanistan Combustion products -- Health aspects -- Iraq Combustion products -- Health aspects -- Afghanistan Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Health aspects. Air Pollution -- adverse effects -- Afghanistan Air Pollution -- adverse effects Air Pollution -- adverse effects -- Iraq TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects Air -- Pollution -- Physiological effect Pollutants -- Health aspects SUBJECT Iraq Afghanistan Subject Afghanistan Iraq Form Electronic book Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on the Health of Select Populations LC no. 2012392162 ISBN 9780309217569 0309217563

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