Veterans who are sick and dying from toxic burn pits need help!
Members of Congress, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs
Hey it's Jon Stewart and John Feal. If you haven't already heard us talk about this issue, please take a minute to help families who are being treated unjustly.
American soldiers lived, worked, and slept next to toxic fumes as hundreds of tons of waste produced on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan were doused with jet and diesel fuels and burned in massive burn pits. Now that they are home with their families, hundreds of thousands of veterans are sick and dying from lung diseases, cancers, and respiratory illnesses.
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense are taking steps to work with the Biden administration, but they must do more and work with Congress to support families affected.
They must pass the Honoring Our Pact Act.
Sign this petition to tell Congress it must pass a bipartisan bill so veterans will no longer be denied care and benefits. They should be able to spend time healing and being with their kids and grandkids, not begging for the government to do what's right.
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There’s a reason it’s against the law to burn hazardous waste in your own backyard in America. It’s common sense that it's bad for you, your kids, your grandkids, and your neighbors! Yet, federal and state government agencies compiled decades of research linking toxins from burn pits to diseases and birth defects.
The US military paid private companies like Halliburton subsidiary KBR billions of dollars from taxpayer funds to burn human waste, aerosols, Styrofoam, medical waste, biohazardous materials, body parts, trucks, and explosives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then troops got sick and started dying.
It’s haunting and a reminder that these forever wars have long-lasting consequences on the veterans and their families.
The DoD and VA must acknowledge the reality and gravity of the problems toxic chemicals from burn pits have caused and take immediate action to end the use of the active burn pits once and for all.
In addition, Congress must make health care and compensation available to veterans and servicemembers who are suffering exposure-related health effects.
And, we must pass legislation that grants surviving families of deceased veterans the benefits they deserve through the Honoring Our Pact Act. Let’s fix this and stick up for the families who are fighting for health care and accountability from the same government that sent them into harm’s way.