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EXCLUSIVE: They proudly served their country, but were breathing in toxic air that would kill them : Thousands of dead or dying US veterans were sickened by warzone burn pits - but the VA does NOTHING to help them, claim families
US soldiers have reported that burn pits were used to incinerate all types of trash, including plastics, batteries, appliances, medicines, munitions, animal corpses and even human waste
During the wars Afghanistan and Iraq, it is thought that more than 200 bases used open air burn pits, and they could burn for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year 
One servicewoman described the constant dark black smoke and the lingering smell of burning that seemed to follow you wherever you went on base as there was literally no escaping it ....

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