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According to the ProPublica report, it is not a coincidence that three of the counties surrounding the Arsenal have among the highest rates of typhoid disease in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/military\/tech\/2015\/07\/26\/radford-ammunition-plant-to-reduce-toxic-waste-open-burning\/30702685\/\"><i>Radford ammunition plant to reduce toxic waste open burning<\/i><\/a><i>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disposing of hazardous waste by burning it has been illegal since 1984, but the Department of Defense was allowed to continue the practice until engineers devised an alternate means of disposal, according to ProPublica. More than 30 years later, that still has not happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the Pentagon and the EPA collaborated to develop acceptable emissions standards and permits to regulate how much pollution the plant releases each year. The Department of Defense is adamant its burn sites release minute amounts of particles, not nearly enough to be harmful, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/military\/benefits\/health-care\/2015\/07\/22\/new-burn-pit-report-lung-disease-high-blood-pressure-common-exposed-vets\/30517071\/\"><i>New burn pit report: Lung disease, high blood pressure common in exposed vets<\/i><\/a><i>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, just from 2011 to 2013, ProPublica reports that the Radford plant failed to report that its smokestack emissions violated EPA regulations 287 times. The plant has been held accountable for more than 50 EPA violations over the past 37 years, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey say look, these emissions factors show this stuff is pretty much harmless,\u201d Charles Hendrickson, a senior EPA remediation project manager who deals with burn sites, told ProPublica. \u201cBut if you have a tiny percentage of something that is bad to breathe, or bad to get as fallout on your plants and soil and kids and house, even a tiny percentage of millions of pounds adds up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This problem is not confined to Radford, though. According to the report, more than 40 million acres of land nationwide has been contaminated by military facilities burning waste. 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