KBR, Halliburton sued over war-zone's toxic burn pits

[Triana]

Confronted with the need to dispose of enormous quantities of war-related trash including batteries, pesticide containers, medical waste and even human body parts, but lacking proper incinerators, private contractors working for the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan came up with a simple solution.

They burned the trash in big, open pits.

But now soldiers, contractors and civilians have filed a series of class-action lawsuits against the companies behind the burning, saying the smoke from the pits -- which at times was so heavy it reduced visibility to only a few yards and filled soldiers' living quarters -- contained toxic chemicals that have left them with severe respiratory problems, chronic infections and even cancer.

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http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/06/kbr-halliburton-sued-over-war-zones-toxic-burn-pits.html

[aquart]

1. Sue them into extinction.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Triana.

[Triana]

3. I agree with aquart. Sue their a$$es into extinction. n/t