[CPEO-MEF] Iraq cancer syndrome?

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cancer in Iraq vets raises possibility of toxic exposure

By Carla McClain
ARIZONA DAILY STAR (CA)
August 26, 2007

After serving in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago — and receiving the Bronze 
Star for it — the Tucson soldier was called back to active duty in Iraq.
While there, he awoke one morning with a sore throat. Eighteen months 
later, Army Sgt. James Lauderdale was dead, of a bizarrely aggressive 
cancer rarely seen by the doctors who tried to treat it.

As a result, his stunned and heartbroken family has joined growing ranks 
of sickened and dying Iraq war vets and their families who believe 
exposures to toxic poisons in the war zone are behind their illnesses — 
mostly cancers, striking the young, taking them down with alarming speed.

The number of these cancers remains undisclosed, with military officials 
citing patient privacy issues, as well as lack of evidence the cases are 
linked to conditions in the war zone. The U.S. Congress has ordered a 
probe of suspect toxins and may soon begin widespread testing of our 
armed forces.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/198240.php

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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