Good one but does it give depleted uranium as a possible cause?
-Sheila Baker
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Subject: Military Digest, Vol 51, Issue 14
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Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 10:50 AM
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1. HEALTH: Gulf War Syndrome (Lenny Siegel)
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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:49:06 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: Gulf War Syndrome
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Report to Congress: Gulf War syndrome is real
A scientific panel chartered by Congress cites nerve gas drug and
pesticides used during the conflict as being associated with veterans'
neurological problems.
By Mary Engel and Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times
November 18, 2008
A congressionally mandated scientific panel has concluded that Gulf War
syndrome is real and still afflicts nearly a quarter of the 700,000 U.S.
troops who served in the 1991 conflict, according to a report released
Monday.
The report broke with most earlier studies by concluding that two
chemical exposures were direct causes of the disorder: the drug
pyridostigmine bromide, given to troops to protect against nerve gas,
and pesticides that were widely used -- and often overused -- to protect
against sand flies and other pests.
"The extensive body of scientific research now available consistently
indicates that Gulf War illness is real, that it is a result of
neurotoxic exposures during Gulf War deployment, and that few veterans
have recovered or substantially improved with time," according to the
450-page report presented to Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake.
...
For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-gulfwar18-2008nov18,0,6268545.story
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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