thedrifter
06-26-2003, 06:01 AM
Why Gulf War Veterans are sick
http://www.ngwrc.org/Facts/default.htm
According to the Department of Defense, by 1999, the military revealed
- As many as 100,000 U.S. troops were exposed to repeated low-levels of
chemical warfare agents, including sarin, cyclosarin, and mustard gases;
- More than 250,000 received the investigational new drug pyridostigmine
bromide (PB pills) the Pentagon "cannot rule out" as linked to Gulf War
illnesses;
- 8,000 received the investigational new botulinum toxoid (Bot Tox) vaccine;
- 150,000 received the hotly debated anthrax vaccine;
- 436,000 entered into or lived for months within areas contaminated by more
than 315 tons of depleted uranium radioactive toxic waste possibly laced
with trace amounts of highly radioactive Plutonium and Neptunium, almost all
without any awareness, training, protective equipment, or medical
evaluations; and
- Hundreds of thousands lived outdoors for months near more than 700 burning
oil well fires belching fumes and particulate matter without any protective
equipment.
- Each of these exposures took place while troops were either engaged in
combat, serving in a war zone, or stationed in the volatile region for a
number of months.
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"Support Our Soldiers"
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United We Stand
God Bless America
*****
Were it not for the brave,
there would be no Land of the Free!
Remember our POW/MIA's
I'll never forget!
Sempers,
Roger
http://www.ngwrc.org/Facts/default.htm
According to the Department of Defense, by 1999, the military revealed
- As many as 100,000 U.S. troops were exposed to repeated low-levels of
chemical warfare agents, including sarin, cyclosarin, and mustard gases;
- More than 250,000 received the investigational new drug pyridostigmine
bromide (PB pills) the Pentagon "cannot rule out" as linked to Gulf War
illnesses;
- 8,000 received the investigational new botulinum toxoid (Bot Tox) vaccine;
- 150,000 received the hotly debated anthrax vaccine;
- 436,000 entered into or lived for months within areas contaminated by more
than 315 tons of depleted uranium radioactive toxic waste possibly laced
with trace amounts of highly radioactive Plutonium and Neptunium, almost all
without any awareness, training, protective equipment, or medical
evaluations; and
- Hundreds of thousands lived outdoors for months near more than 700 burning
oil well fires belching fumes and particulate matter without any protective
equipment.
- Each of these exposures took place while troops were either engaged in
combat, serving in a war zone, or stationed in the volatile region for a
number of months.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
"Support Our Soldiers"
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
United We Stand
God Bless America
*****
Were it not for the brave,
there would be no Land of the Free!
Remember our POW/MIA's
I'll never forget!
Sempers,
Roger