Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in the stopgap federal spending bill passed by lawmakers this week. The provision would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs ...

They've been referred to as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber ...

A 58-year-old Warren County woman is dead after being “consumed by fire” in an incident at her backyard burn pit, according to a sheriff’s report and the Deerfield Township Fire Department.

In addition, pre-wetting of the area around a burn pit can reduce the chance of inadvertent fire spread. Below are the City of Columbus regulations for open burning: Open burning of rubbish is ...

The controversial fund was meant to allot $22.8 billion to cover expanded benefits for former service members sickened by military toxic exposures — including burn pit smoke and Agent Orange ...