Why Gulf War Veterans are sick

[thedrifter]

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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Sempers,

Roger

[David]

One week they admit stuff, the next they deny everything. They still have never told to whole story

[nang]

Speaking of being exposed to stuff. My son is going on a training mission in the desert in a couple of months. One of the main things they are training for is to be exposed to these gases. He says that an airplane or chopper will drop the toxic crap on them while they have their masks on. They will be exposed to this stuff for some time. His CO keeps emphasizing that they better have the right equipment. After reading all your stories on the Agent Orange,etc. It makes me think. I don't suppose you have any words of wisdom. (besides pray for a good outcome I guess)