Soldier sues over toxic burn pits

[polmaven]

A soldier from Salem is one of two Massachusetts Army National Guardsmen who filed a class-action lawsuit this week against Halliburton and KBR alleging they were "poisoned" by burn pits while stationed in Iraq.

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The lawsuit alleges the pits were essentially a dumping ground for all unwanted materials — many of them toxic — ranging from human corpses to plastic foam to medical waste to hundreds of thousands of plastic water bottles.

Everything was lit on fire, producing noxious fumes and flames that shot hundreds of feet into the sky, the lawsuit contends. The smoke and haze, often colored blue and green, filled the nearby living quarters of American soldiers and government contractors and sometimes reduced visibility to just a few yards, according to the lawsuit.

http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_314232955.html

You GO soldier! All the best of luck to you!

[Mopar151]

1. Figures.

KBR and Horrorburton can't even manage tasks that Americans confidently delegate to the town drunk/simpleton.