They've been referred to as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber ...

As Washington refocuses on the issue of burn pits—waste fires used extensively in Afghanistan and Iraq which emitted toxic smoke that later sickened troops—Military Times is republishing our ...

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A 58-year-old Warren County woman is dead after being “consumed by fire” in a tragic accident at her backyard burn pit, according to a sheriff’s report and ...

The controversial fund was meant to allot $22.8 billion to cover expanded benefits for former service members sickened by military toxic exposures — including burn pit smoke and Agent Orange ...

In Alliance, the fire department is cautioning residents who have open pit fires that they may need to have a permit. “In an open burn, you would need the approval of the [authority having ...