November 21, 2018, Fox News, By Perry Chiaramonte

Burn-pit exposure likely

U.S. Veterans who were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher rate of contracting cancer due to exposure to open-air burn pits, a recently released medical research study has found.

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