Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry
2017

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Military operations produce a great deal of trash in an environment where standard waste management practices may be subordinated to more pressing concerns. As a result, ground forces have long relied on incineration in open-air pits as a means of getting rid of refuse. Concerns over possible adverse effects of exposure to smoke from trash burning in the theater were first expressed in the wake of the 1990–1991 Gulf War and stimulated a series of studies that indicated that exposures to smoke from oil-well fires and from other combustion sources, including waste burning, were stressors for troops. In January 2013, Congress directed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a registry for service members who may have been exposed to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes generated by open burn pits.

Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry analyzes the initial months of data collected by the registry and offers recommendations on ways to improve the instrument and best use the information it collects. This report assesses the effectiveness of the VA's information gathering efforts and provides recommendations for addressing the future medical needs of the affected groups, and provides recommendations on collecting, maintaining, and monitoring information collected by the VA's Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.

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252 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-45117-5
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-45118-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/23677

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xvi
Summary 1-10
1 Introduction 11-26
2 Use of Registries in Environmental Health Research 27-42
3 The Airborne Hazards and Open BurnPit Questionnaire and Registry 43-72
4 Analysis Methods and Descriptive Statistics 73-104
5 Analysis and Interpretation of Exposures Data 105-128
6 Analysis and Interpretation of Registry Health Outcome Data 129-156
7 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations 157-164
Appendix A: Public Law 112-260 165-168
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda 169-170
Appendix C: Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry Self-Assessment Questionnaire 171-202
Appendix D: Data Requested 203-220
Appendix E: Multivariate Model Results 221-230
Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 231-236

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Assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (2017)

Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda

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