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  "textContent": "A new study from National Jewish Health helps explain how exposure to burn pit smoke and desert dust may damage the lungs of military service members deployed to regions such as Afghanistan and Iraq. The research, published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, sheds light on why veterans exposed to these environments face higher rates of asthma and other long-term respiratory conditions.",
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