| BILL WOULD ONLY
"CURB" WAR ZONE BURN PITS, NOT BAN THEM
House puts half-way measure in defense
budget which would allow burn pits to continue operation.
by Larry Scott, VA Watchdog
dot Org
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Somehow, I thought that this
idea of "limiting" or "curbing" or "regulating"
 the
use of burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan would be put to rest ...
and there would be an outright ban.
I was wrong.
Back in June of this year, when
this was first proposed, I wrote here
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/
nfjun09/nf061209-5.htm :
What's wrong with this
story? What's wrong with these politicians? They want to
"regulate" the toxic burn pits in Iraq. This is a joke! Is DoD
going to hire someone to stand at each pit to tell people what
they can throw in and what they can't? There should be NO open
burn pits.
Now, we find, according to an
article on the Military Times web sites, that "curbs" on burn pits
are being put in the defense budget. From the article:
The amendment to the 2010
defense authorization bill passed by the House would prohibit
the disposal of hazardous waste in open-air burn pits for longer
than 12 months during a contingency operation. It also would
require the secretary of defense to submit a report on the use
of burn pits and what alternatives are available.
The complete article is here ...
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/
09/military_burnpits_budget_091109w/
By continuing the operation of
open burn pits, Congress is deliberately putting our troops in
danger.
The veterans' service
organizations should be outraged by this ... but, we have silence.
What do we have to do to get the
message to Congress about the burn pits? Wheel sick and
dying veterans into their offices and have the vets cough up blood
on their desks?
You'll find more about Iraq War
Toxins on this page ...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/iraqwartoxins.htm
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TOPICS:
veterans, veterans' benefits, VA, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
burn pits, Iraq, Afghanistan |
