Prolonged deployments to bases with burn pits put veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at slightly higher risk for certain respiratory ailments, according to new research that used recently declassified deployment data.
Prolonged deployments to bases with burn pits put veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at slightly higher risk for certain respiratory ailments, according to new research that used recently declassified deployment data.
Prolonged deployments to bases with burn pits put veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at slightly higher risk for certain respiratory ailments, according to new research that used recently declassified deployment data.
Spangdahlem splits with Sigonella for first victory of season after pair of scrimmages and contests against D-I foes.
Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 1997: A C-130 gets a simulated emergency hose-down by the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group Fire Department during a mobile airlift techniques exercise.
“When you turn up the temperatures on plants, especially in a controlled setting like a greenhouse, or you increase carbon dioxide concentrations, plants put out quite a bit more pollen,” says William Anderegg, director of the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy at the University of Utah, who conducted an oft-cited study of pollen trends that found seasons now start 20 days earlier than they did in 1990, and last about 8 days longer. Meanwhile, there’s about 20% more pollen filling the air. “Pollen is a really clear example of how climate change is with us here and now, in our backyards and already affecting our health.”
