A Multi-Part 12 on 12 Digital Original Series
ARE BURN PITS AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF SERVICE MEMBERS?
PART 1: A SOLDIER’S STORY | PART 2: BATTLING THE BURN | PART 3: HELP AT HOME | PART 4: WASHINGTON RESPONDS | IN-DEPTH EXTRAS
PART 1: A SOLDIER’S STORY
PART 2: BATTLING THE BURN
PART 3: HELP AT HOME
PART 4: WASHINGTON RESPONDS
If you are a service member and have health concerns related to burn pits register in the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs Burn Pit Registry
If you’d like to share a story related to this issue, contact WPRI 12 Eyewitness News reporter Caroline Goggin at cgoggin@wpri.com.
IN-DEPTH: IMPACT IN FOCUS
COST OF WAR: BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL HESTON
COST OF WAR: SGM ROBERT BOWMAN
COST OF WAR: SSGT LUCUS PAGE & MASTER SERGEANT GEOFF DARDIA
HUNTER SEVEN: REASON FOR RESEARCH
INTERACTIVE MAP: BURN PIT HOTSPOTS
Click on the map locations to learn about these active burn pits.
RESOURCES & LINKS
- U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs Burn Pit Registry
- Hunter Seven Foundation
- VA on Burn Pit Exposure
- Burn Pit Report to Congress
- National Defense Authorization Act of 2010 (Page 60)
- American Cancer Society on Bile Duct Cancer
- More About the Burn Pit Registry