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More War Veterans Sue KBR Over Iraq and Afghanistan Burn Pits, According to Burke O'Neil LLC

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 23rd, 2009

Five new lawsuits allege that KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) jeopardized the health and safety of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in enormous open-air burn pits with no safety controls.

Three of the lawsuits were filed Wednesday in federal courts in Kansas, South Carolina, and Utah by the Burke O'Neil LLC law firm and co-counsel on behalf of 25 military veterans and private contractors whose illnesses - which include multiple cancers, respiratory disease, chronic coughing, debilitating headaches, and neurological and skin disorders - were allegedly caused by round-the-clock hazardous emissions from the burn pits. Two more...

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