KBR/Halliburton may have poisoned 100,000 Troops/Contractors/Etc in Iraq

KBR burned "tires, lithium batteries ... biohazard materials (including human corpses), medical supplies (including those used during smallpox inoculations), paints, solvents, asbestos insulation, items containing pesticides, polyvinyl chloride pipes, animal carcasses, dangerous chemicals, and hundreds of thousands of plastic water bottles."

2008 report by the Pentagon asserted that "adverse health risks are unlikely" from the burn pits, but that assertion was challenged by retired Lt. Col. Darrin Curtis, a biomedical sciences officer who took some of the air samples used in the report.

I love that the Pentagon continues to deny any and all problems with this war. On top of the fact that this creates just one more major health concern for our troops, how many civilians have been affected by this. While I am sure that some will argue KBR's behavior was simply irresponsible, I believe this borders on criminal. Knowingly burning all of those materials in close proximity to anyone... Its not like any one of those KBR employees could rationally think that was a good idea. A little bit of common sense and rational thought could have prevented this.

It amazes me that we can be in the 21st Century, and we are still surrounded by far too many people that are simply oblivious to the environmental consequences of their actions.

WTF! What do we teach in school? Is too much time spent on intelligent design debates against evolution? Too much time spent on abstinence only rather than basic biology? Too much time spent in class rooms to learn lessons rather than being exposed to the real word and it's natural systems? What do they teach in science classes these days?