[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, RADIATION: Gulf War and uranium weapons

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Gulf War and Health:
Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium

Committee on Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted 
Uranium, Institute of Medicine
National Academies Press
2008

The 1991 Persian Gulf War was considered a brief and successful military 
operation with few injuries and deaths. A large number of returning 
veterans, however, soon began reporting health problems that they 
believed to be associated with their service in the gulf. Under a 
Congressional mandate, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is reviewing a 
wide array of biologic, chemical, and physical agents to determine if 
exposure to these agents may be responsible for the veterans' health 
problems. In a 2000 report, Gulf War and Health, Volume 1: Depleted 
Uranium, Sarin, Pyridostigmine Bromide, and Vaccines, the IOM concluded 
that there was not enough evidence to draw conclusions as to whether 
long-term health problems are associated with exposure to depleted 
uranium, a component of some military munitions and armor. In response 
to veterans' ongoing concerns and recent publications in the literature, 
IOM updated its 2000 report. In this most recent report, Gulf War and 
Health: Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium, the committee 
concluded that there is still not enough evidence to determine whether 
exposure to depleted uranium is associated with long-term health 
problems. The report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

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Lenny Siegel
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