Flames flare out of a burn pit at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, where ... More hundreds of soldiers from the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team live and work.

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 House on Wednesday passed long-awaited legislation that would help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service.

Flames flare out of a burn pit at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, on Jan. 17, 2010.

Flames flare out of a burn pit at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, on Jan. 17, 2010.

Legislation giving veterans exposed to toxic burn pits access to expanded health benefits passed the Senate Tuesday night amid an outcry from veterans and comedian Jon Stewart, who camped out on ...

Days after Republican lawmakers blocked a bill to provide benefits for military veterans exposed to toxic “burn pits” in war zones, the Senate will take a new vote on the matter this we… ...

Patrick Donohue spent six months with the Army's 101st Airborne Division near a burn pit in Afghanistan, inhaling toxins from plastics, human and medical waste, and other items. Today, the Islip ...

Answers. It’s a word that can’t be found in the 150-some page bill granting health care to U.S. troops exposed to the toxic smoke of burn pits at military outposts over the past 20 years, but ...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Fund for veterans exposed to toxics faces chopping block Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in ...

Marine veteran Patrick McCaffrey of Selden never gave much thought to the football field-sized burn pits roaring just 50 yards from his small outpost in Iraq from 2007 through 2011. Tires ...