R1: Burn pits were the primary method of waste disposal in many bases
R2: Pits sometimes burned twenty-four hours a day
R3: Oil, petroleum, styrofoam, batteries, medical wastes, and human wastes were burned
R3: Jet fuel was used to stoke the fire
R4: Toxic plume (dark, dense smoke) hovered over the base covering working quarters
R5: The smoke was dense that one could breathe it in and back out again
R6: No link has been found between burn pits and the illness
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CQ: What was the cause of the illness of returning American Military?
CCA: Burn pits
CCB: The cause of the illness is undetermined
IR: 1. CCA, CCB
