Two soldiers who served in Iraq have filed suit against a number of defense contractors. They claim that these contractors burned toxic waste, including asbestos insulation, plastic, rubber tires and latrine waste, near military bases and camps in Iraq and Afghanistan and that they endangered the health of U.S. servicemen.

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The soldiers say that exposure to toxic fumes from the open pits injured soldiers stationed nearby, and the exposure resulted in a range of health problems from headaches and respiratory illnesses to cancer and even death.

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Some of the soldiers who were exposed to the toxic fumes who were exposed to asbestos, dioxin, and other toxins from the burning of waste could develop mesothelioma or other cancers.

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The lawsuit names the following companies as defendants: KBR Inc.; Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc.; Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC; and Halliburton. The lawsuit claims that the practice has been going on since 2004, it is said to continue today.

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A recent study in the Molecular Cancer Therapeutics journal has detailed a promising new target for treating mesothelioma called mesothelin.

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Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion rip This protein, which is found on the surface of cells, might also help doctors diagnose certain cancers. Mesothelin is only found in small amounts in cells lining the lungs, abdominal cavity, and heart in healthy people, but the protein is produced in higher amounts by mesothelioma, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers.

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Researchers are focusing on specialized antibodies that attack mesothelin while bypassing normal cells. Several research teams are already conducing studies using mouse and combination mouse-human antibodies against mesothelin, but there is a concern that patients’ immune systems might recognize animal antibodies as foreign and mistakenly attack them.

In addition to its potential use in cancer treatment, mesothelin is also being investigated as a diagnostic marker. Workers who have been exposed to asbestos show high levels of mesothelin in their blood years before they are formally diagnosed with mesothelioma.

Six thousand feet of asbestos-coated pipeline has been removed from the Chanute Air Force Base to limit asbestos exposure.  The removal cost about $150,000 to $200,000 according to Paul Carroll, an environmental coordinator for the Air Force Real Property Agency.

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buy How to Be a Detective Carroll said, “It was an operation that was not required under our agreement.  But we decided to do it out of concern for human health and goodwill, I guess you’d say, because the village could not afford to do it.”  Along with the steam line, local trees and tree stumps were removed.  Also a 10 foot wide area of soil was excavated and taken to a landfill.

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The base said that it will not be cleaning up any other pipelines that criss-cross the base since all of them are two to four feet underground and do not present a threat.  Shaw Environmental Inc. out of Greenville, South Carolina, has a $38.7 million contract with the Air Force to clean up the base.

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A meeting was held between officials from Shaw Environmental and the Air Force Real Property Agency and members of the Chanute Restoration Advisory Board recently.  The meeting lasted only about 30 minutes and had only a few questions arise from advisory board member Doug Rokke.  Rokke commented that he thinks that officials should track chemicals and other hazardous material coming from the base.  Since the area has had much rainfall lately, now is a prime time to perform the experiments.

Rokke stated, “After this incredible rainfall, can we find out where is this stuff going?  Do we have anything going down into the ditches or creeks?  This is a glorious opportunity, in a bad way, to find out what is happening.”  But the Shaw officials said they could make no commitments.

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Shaw officials have started testing the soil by planting hybrid poplar trees to remove and dispose of chemical leachate in the soil.  The trees will hopefully use the chemicals and degrade them through transpiration with no damage to the environment.  The study should continue for about three years.