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The effort to get benefits to American civilians exposed to toxic burn pits

NPR | By Ryan Lucas
Published July 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT

A burn pit law from Congress left out thousands of American civilians working for the government who were exposed to the same toxins. Now there's an effort to change that.

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Ryan Lucas covers the Justice Department for NPR.
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