2021-06-21

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Chubbyemu

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Burn pits are a waste management tool for armed forces overseas. However, the nature of waste today is different than half a century ago. The smoke, fumes, and particulate matter that have been observed emanating from these pits contain a heterogeneous variety of materials. Exact exposure levels are not known in veterans, however many of these materials are known to be linked to long term health effects and some have been classified and recognized as carcinogens via retrospective analysis in humans and laboratory experiments. The particulate matter produced from these burn pits can also deposit into the earth and during weather events such as dust storms, can circulate the particles to local inhabitants, potentially causing health effects for them, years later.

Recognizing these long term health effects will enable people to not make this mistake again, and to help those who have been exposed.

Medicine ► https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26HeTCO57qcMQB6CrU6QRzEi9tt9l1FI

A Student Chugged Over The Counter Cough Syrup ► /youtube/video/WPxb2IG9MOk

A Farmer Removed His Own Skin Ca With A Pocket Knife ► /youtube/video/KKaJhQBusH8

Big thank you to my friend Ryder Haske for introducing me to KT. Part of the video here is in collaboration with him.

Production Assistants: Eli Francois and Nick Brown

Some Images

Lung PET Case courtesy of Dr Derek Smith, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 52248

Liver PET Case courtesy of Dr Dalia Ibrahim, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 29884

Case courtesy of Dr Dalia Ibrahim, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 29884

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This video is not individual medical advice and is for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

References:

VA Burn Pit Registry: https://veteran.mobilehealth.va.gov/AHBurnPitRegistry

Source Apportionment of Airborne Dioxins, Furans and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at A U.S. Forward Operating Air Base During Iraq https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978146/

Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13209/long-term-health-consequences-of-exposure-to-burn-pits-in-iraq-and-afghanistan

Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 69. https://publications.iarc.fr/Book-And-Report-Series/Iarc-Monographs-On-The-Identification-Of-Carcinogenic-Hazards-To-Humans/Polychlorinated-Dibenzo--Em-Para-Em--Dioxins-And-Polychlorinated-Dibenzofurans-1997

Dioxin Revisited: Developments Since the 1997 IARC Classification of Dioxin as a Human Carcinogen https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247514

Serum dioxin concentrations and breast ca risk in the Seveso Women's Health Study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240906/

Detection of hyperdiploidy and chromosome breakage in interphase human lymphocytes following exposure to the benzene metabolite hydroquinone using multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization with DNA probes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7517507/