Ben Shapiro complains about an expansion of healthcare benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits: “It's a bad law” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 02/16/23 1:16 PM EST Video file Citation From the February 16, 2023, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): Again, this effectively presumes that literally any American service member stationed in a combat zone for 32 years could've been exposed to a burn pit. Which, I'm sorry, it sounds great and it's a bad law. That is a -- I would also like to have recompense for people who were exposed to toxic burn pits. That is not every member of the military for the past 32 years.