U.S. troops exposed to cancer-causing chemicals

Another shameful attempt by the U.S government (under President Bush) to try and divert the public from the truth. The more disturbing fact is that they would knowingly expose the soldiers serving their country to these toxic chemicals.

There again, why should I even think that they would have anyone's best interest in mind. F.E.M.A. had no problems throwing people in those toxic trailers after Hurricane Katrina.

A newly leaked military document appears to show the Pentagon knowingly exposed US troops to toxic chemicals that cause cancer, while publicly downplaying the risks exposure might cause.

The document, written by an environmental engineering flight commander in December of 2006 and posted on Wikileaks (PDF) on Tuesday, details the risks posed to US troops in Iraq by burning garbage at a US airbase. It enumerates myriad risks posed by the practice and identifies various carcinogens released by incinerating waste in open-air pits.

Because of the difficulties in testing samples, investigators could not prove that chemicals exceeded military exposure guidelines. But a military document released last December found that chemicals routinely exceeded safe levels by twice to six times.