Sgt. Robert B. Brown from Fayetteville, N.C. with Regimental Combat Team 6, Combat Camera Unit watches over the civilian firefighters at the burn pit as smoke and flames rise into the night sky behind him on May 25, 2007. (Samuel D. Corum/U.S. Marine Corps) The Department of Veterans Affairs has overhauled its registry for veterans exposed to burn pits and other airborne hazards overseas, working with the Defense Department to include 4.7 million veterans who served in locations with potentially dangerous air quality.
The VA announced Thursday that the new Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, which includes basic information on veterans as well as deployment history, will advance scientific research on the health effects of exposure overseas to smoke, sand, chemical fires and fine particulate matter.
VA officials called the new database an "important research tool that enables VA to identify and study health challenges" of the veteran and service member population.
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"What we’re talking about is an update to … our burn pit registry, which is a way for veterans to contribute to research that will help us determine what new conditions we should be considering as connected to burn pits in the future," Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said during an interview Tuesday with Military.com.
"Veterans have traditionally participated in VA research for many, many years because they know that participation will help other veterans into the future," he said. This is a modal window.
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This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. To create the new database, the VA and DoD pulled deployment data for millions of veterans who served in certain locations during specific time periods when they may have been exposed to toxic conditions, such as oil well fires, chemical plumes, burn pits, nerve agents […]
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