Article: Military contractors sued over Iraq "burn pits"

Article: KBR Faces Wrongful Death, Toxic Exposure Claims Over Iraq and ...
PR Newswire;  April 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... exposure to KBR burn pits. -- Albert Paul ... stationed at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq, where ... burn pit at Balad Air Force Base and who is ... emissions from the burn pits. -- Michael Douglas ... evacuated from Balad Air Force Base after burn ...

Article: More War Veterans Sue KBR Over Iraq and Afghanistan Burn ...
PR Newswire;  June 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to the complaints, the burn pits are so large that tractors ... chose to use open air burn pits and failed to use incinerators ... operating large open-air burn pits were well known, and ... the family of the late Air Force Major Kevin E. Wilkins ...

Article: Airmen suit moves to federal court ; A civil suit by two local ...
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  June 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... defendants operated open-air burn pits that emitted toxic fumes ... New York, to regulate burn pits. "In conjunction with ... haze and fumes from burn pits while stationed at Camp ... while stationed at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq and now suffers ...

Article: KBR Exposed Soldiers and Contractors With Toxic Burn ...
PR Newswire;  November 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... unsorted waste in enormous open-air burn pits with no safety controls. The lawsuits ... clock hazardous emissions from the burn pits caused illnesses such as multiple cancers ... 2004. According to the complaints, the burn pits are so large that tractors are used to ...

Article: HALLIBURTON, KBR sued over war zone `burn ...
The Boston Herald;  November 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... on bases and camps, have ignored their contractual obligations by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in open-air "burn pits" with no safety controls since 2003, according to a lawsuit filed by soldiers Jeffrey Cox and James Garland in federal court ...

Article: AIR FORCE PLANT TO QUIT SMOKING; FIREFIGHTING ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... rise periodically from Air Force Plant 42, officials unveiled ... Engineering Directorate of the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center ... the areas surrounding burn pits were made from recycled ... going with a standard Air Force training facility, which ...

Article: Oklahoma veterans file lawsuit alleging exposure to toxic smoke, ...
THE JOURNAL RECORD;  July 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... toxic smoke, ash and fumes from burn pits at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq. The plaintiffs ... KBR's negligent operation of burn pits at military facilities," said ... such legal action dealing with burn pits, with another lawsuit alleging ...