Exhibit 251 ยท Consensus report release
Evidence Inconclusive About Long-Term Health Effects of Exposure to Military Burn Pits (news release for Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan)
Insufficient data on service members' exposures to emissions from open-air burn pits for trash on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan is one of the reasons why it is not possible to say whether these emissions could cause long-term health effects
Release for the VA-sponsored report (nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13209). Committee found most pollutant levels at Joint Base Balad not higher than other polluted sites, found surrogate-population research did not indicate increased risk for most outcomes, and said gaps prevented firm conclusions. Recommended a long-term health study of Balad service members.
- Source
- Institute of Medicine (National Academies)
- Date
- 31 October 2011
- Quoted from
- Release, first paragraph
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2011/10/evidence-inconclusive-about-long-term-health-effects-of-exposure-to-military-burn-pits
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit