Burn victims: toxic exposure torments soldiers long after their tours end.
The American Conservative › October 01, 2009
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Burn victims: toxic exposure torments soldiers long after their tours end.
RETIRED SGT. Michael Maynard can no longer feel his feet. He began to notice the problem four years ago while working as an air-traffic control specialist in the Army. After a year at Camp Taji in Iraq, Maynard took off his boots one night and found that a hot piece of metal had slipped inside--hot enough to tear away his skin. Somehow he hadn't felt it.
By the time another year had passed, Maynard was back home in Indiana, confined to a wheelchair. Today, at age 49, he needs heavy braces to help him stand. "With his muscles degenerating ... he keeps falling," his wife Maria says. "He's a mess. I am constantly worried about him." Department of Veterans Affairs doctors were flummoxed by his condition, finally diagnosing r...See the full content of this document
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