Thanks for the post @doitvoluntarily
This reminds me of Flint but also some articles other I've read in the past. Hopefully they clean this up more expeditiously:
"Open Burns, Ill Winds" by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 20, 2017:
"While there has been measured progress in certain places, and certainly some success stories, the Pentagon’s annual environmental funding has been steadily dropping. It received $780 million less in 2015 than it did in 2011. Under the Trump administration Defense Department spending is slated to increase, but there’s no indication that means more money will be spent on the environment. In fact, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has signaled, when it comes to Superfund enforcement, that he may weaken the standards the Pentagon is held to."
"Toxic Fires: Across the Country, Military Sites Burn Hazardous Waste Into Open Air by Hilary Fung, Abrahm Lustgarten and Lena Groeger, ProPublica, July 20, 2017:
"Virtually every day, the Department of Defense and its contractors burn and detonate unused munitions and raw explosives in the open air with no environmental emissions controls, often releasing toxins near water sources and schools. The facilities operate under legal permits, but their potentially harmful effects for human health aren’t well researched, and EPA records obtained by ProPublica show that these sites have violated their hazardous waste permits thousands of times."
"Court determines military burn pits caused lung disease in service members" by Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News, February 15, 2018:
"A judge under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office for Workers’ Compensation Programs decreed last month that open-air burn pits -- where thousands of chemicals were released into the air after trash and other waste were incinerated at American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan -- are connected to lung disease, Fox News has learned..."
"Soldiers have fallen gravely ill or even died from exposure to burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq, but they are not the only ones who have gotten sick. Civilian workers and private contractors like Landry are also suffering an array of maladies including cancer, respiratory problems and blood disorders and, like military victims, they say they are being ignored."