Lawmakers to unveil legislation for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving overseas

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are coming together to support new legislation that would help service members suffering after exposure to toxic burn pits. Kris Van Cleave speaks with a woman whose husband was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer about how this legislation could have impacted their lives.

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[sophiadavenport]

I greatly appreciate the hard work and sacrifices that our military men and women in the past, present have made so we can enjoy our freedom and lives better life.🇺🇸🇺🇸

[carolecarr]

Unbelievable ignorance, burn pits exhibit. Tears are in my eyes for the Vets suffering. Thank you Jon Stewart for being our voice.

[posteveryside-beatsnews]

Oh man. I didn't even know this was a thing.


Thank you for covering this. This is so horrendously sad.

[Ragesauce]

I'm a veteran.

They do not care.

[micaela]

God bless her. I pray they get the help they deserve for serving our country!! No vet or troop should ever be without anything.!!

[SlickzyTTV]

Wouldn't even just inhaling burning plastic fumes cause cancer, let alone with trash inside the plastic trash bags?

[USBionicMarine]

Money won't fix anything I want my life back. I AM dieing

[unclerobby]

I have pictures of me at the burning pit.
VA no connection.
I had cancer in 2004.

[melkormorgoth]

This dude has to be fed by his Wife and the VA is STILL reviewing his case????Thats Sickening:(

[jeffrose]

They will always say they don’t have money for anyone but have money for the stock market

[journeymansmitty]

Wow sounds like this is a rough situation that lady she's a good wife some women would have left him a long time ago🤔

[evangelinex]

Didn't we go through this in the 90s...? So many vets involved in desert storm got cancer from this exact practice. Why are our armed forces still allowing this?

[pamcalkins]

Praying and thx for your service for American people. God bless everyones

[ETalamante]

Thyroid cancer and skin conditions, but no Line Of Duty, so it's not considered "service related". I am not male, so I've been turned away from so many organizations. Now, it's just a waiting game until they hear me out.

[karwinchau]

Armed forces should be mandatory given free health care, they put their life on the line so the people in the country can continue to live another day peacefully away from terror or harmful war events.

[RhianFerrer]

My Husband was in Iraq for a year in 2006 with General Dynamics & the US Army, and died of brain cancer in 2015. VA told us it was a low grade glioma. After going to UCSD for a second opinion, they urged the VA to do a biopsy. It was stage 4 glioblastoma, and he died weeks later. We had to start a gofundme to survive. No disability rating. No caregiver help. Nothing.

[officemeds]

We love you soldier. We fight for you now.

[lucyjane]

I deal with this every day. My Veterans are so sick. Young, beautiful, people, who gave everything for our country, and as they die slowly, and spend everything they have on lawyers, the die while the VA pays games with their documents.

[magsmonroe]

It’s just a trash system You have to go to VA doctors at VA hospitals. Hopefully you live close to one. Your primary care physician is going to change every year. Oh yeah, if you have a heart attack you may have to take the next two or three years fighting with the VA to cover the cost of ambulance fees and hospital fees and from a non-VA hospital to a VA hospital because you were dying!

[dannybarlow]

Props to Jon Stewart. Fights for soldiers and first responders. ALWAYS