[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, GLOBAL: "New research links Iraq dust to ill soldiers"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New research links Iraq dust to ill soldiers

by Kelly Kennedy
USA TODAY
June 2, 2014

WASHINGTON - Titanium and other metals found in dust at a base in  
Iraq have been linked to the dust found in six sick soldiers' lungs,  
according to a study set to be released Monday.

"We biopsied several patients and found titanium in every single one  
of them," said Anthony Szema, an assistant professor at Stony Brook  
School of Medicine who specializes in pulmonology and allergies. "It  
matched dust that we have collected from Camp Victory" in Iraq.
The dust is different from dust found elsewhere in that human lungs  
are unable to dispel it through natural immune-system processes. The  
Iraq dust comes attached to iron and copper, and it forms polarizable  
crystals in the lungs, Szema said. The particles - each bit 1/30th  
the size of a human hair - have sharp edges.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/02/lung-study-va/ 
9771237/

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