How researchers are using AI to measure health effects of burn pit fumes on veterans 04:06 Download Audio Embed on your website Close × Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site
Copy embed code Resume April 12, 2024 Desiree D'Iorio, American Homefront Project In a 2004 photo, Army Sgt. Richard Ganske uses a bulldozer to maneuver trash into a burn pit in Balad, Iraq. Burn pits were common at U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan, where troops incinerated tons of waste every day. (Abel Trevino/U.S. Army) A long-term study will track health data for veterans who were exposed to fumes from toxic burn pits during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The military used open-air burn pits to get rid of garbage.
Desiree D'Iorio of American Homefront Project reports.
This segment aired on April 12, 2024.