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VA researcher quits over burn pit studies
http://www.newsherald.com/news/government/va-researcher-quits-over-burn-pit-studies-1.145419VA researcher quits over burn pit studies
By RANDAL YAKEY / The News Herald
Published: Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 19:30 PM.
PANAMA CITY — Steven Coughlin had enough. He packed up and left D.C.
Coughlin was a research epidemiologist who was working on behalf of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. When he found the impact of burn pits on veterans was going to be left out of a study he was working on, he quit, packed his bags and moved out West.
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“There were areas of this study that were completely ignored,” said Coughlin, who resigned after he was told to ignore information regarding burn pits in the Middle East.
Coughlin said anything that linked the burn pits to lung problems in military personnel was to be left out of the study.
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