A new study has found that exposure to military burn pits increases the risk of mental health conditions and brain injuries, ...

The findings suggest potential new reasons for mental health challenges of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals while in the ...

The VA recognizes that burn pit exposure can cause serious health concerns. If you were exposed to toxins from burn pits, you can file a claim for compensation and benefits.

In adjusted analyses, every 100 days of deployment to bases with burn pit exposure was associated with small increases in the odds of having asthma (adjusted OR 1.01, 95% CI 1.00-1.02), chronic ...

Veterans file 260,000 burn pit claims under new law 03:22. Andrew Myatt was willing to give his life for his country serving in the Army. After 9/11 he was deployed to Iraq, where he performed ...

The Biden administration on Veterans Day announced a series of new support options for veterans who had been exposed to “contaminants and environmental hazards,” such as burn pits, while serving.

"Because of exposure to burn pits — in my view, I can't prove it yet — he came back with stage 4 glioblastoma," Biden told a Service Employees International Union convention in 2019.

During conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military used open air burn pits. Now, some veterans are paying with their health.

These military burn pits were used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan during the post-9/11 era. A 2020 member survey by the advocacy organization Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America found ...

Comedian and activist Jon Stewart (center) speaks during a news conference about military burn pits legislation with veterans advocacy groups and Democratic members of Congress outside the U.S ...