U.S. contractors soaked the items in jet fuel and set them ablaze in hundreds of open-air burn pits, some larger than a football field. Danielle Robinson said her husband, Heath Robinson, developed stage-4 lung cancer after serving with the Ohio National Guard in Iraq, where he lived near burn pits. We know the toxins created on 9/11 were the same at these burn pits,” she said. ADVA spokeswoman Christina Noel said eligibility requirements for VA health care and disability compensation are set by Congress. ADA tiny number of compensation claims filed since 2007 — more than 14,000 out of nearly 16 million — are related to burn pits, Noel said.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2020 20:40 UTC