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Category: Miscellaneous
Date: 10 Nov 2009
Time: 17:51:27 +0100
Remote Name: 86.161.24.185
"The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, describes "burn pits" at U.S. bases in both military theaters that contain "every type of waste imaginable."
"Reading like a postmodern version of Jonathan Swift's Description of a City Shower, the catalog of rubbish in the pits includes: "Tires, lithium batteries, Styrofoam, paper, wood, rubber, petroleum-oil-lubricating products, metals, hydraulic fluids, munitions boxes, medical waste, biohazard materials (including human corpses), medical supplies (including those used during smallpox inoculations), paints, solvents, asbestos insulation, items containing pesticides, polyvinyl chloride pipes, animal carcasses, dangerous chemicals, and hundreds of thousands of plastic water bottles."
http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9319
This is in part a truly remarkable list. The majority of wastes might be explained but the burning of human corpses and reference to smallpox vaccination seems quite bizarre.
If it it true, then this warrants immediate action from UN and WHO (in the case of smallpox vaccine products that are now under extreme restriction) and more generally of the world community who should have something to say about this approach to the disposal of corpses. But then again, it may all be hyperbole since the burning of body parts is rebutted in the comments from one of the authorised contractors and the reference to smallpox may be similarly inaccurate. But it all keeps the lawyers busy!