Kellogg, Brown, Root (Halliburton) exposed troops to toxin

...and now some of those troops are dying of lung cancer. Here is a new addition to an old story of how America treats its troops. Remember Agent Orange in Vietnam? And Depleted Uranium in Iraq? Well, now we have Hexavalent Chromium. Even though there is evidence that KBR knew this dust was toxic to inhale, they didn't notify or protect the troops. So...what else is new?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/cbsnews_investigates/main4683471.shtml

(CBS) The military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root, known as KBR, has won more than $28 billion in U.S. military contracts since the beginning of the Iraq war. KBR may be facing a new scandal. First, accusations its then-parent company Halliburton was given the lucrative contract. And later, allegations of shoddy construction oversight that resulted in Americans getting electrocuted. Now, some other American soldiers say the company knowingly put their lives at risk, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian exclusively reports.