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16 January, 2001, Radiation from DU 'could act rapidly' The Chernobyl accident has lessons for the Gulf and Balkan veterans By environment correspondent Alex Kirby Many of those who argue that depleted uranium (DU) cannot be a serious health risk say radiation takes a long time to produce cancers.... But two senior scientists have told BBC News Online they believe it may be a serious mistake to rule DU out of the equation ..."We don't know how low the risk of DU is. But the uranium has the potential to cause DNA damage because of its chemical properties, and that can trigger cancer. http://news.bbc.co.uk (Is not more available)---------- 01/9/2001: InfoBeat - Effects of depleted Uranium examined By JEFFREY ULBRICH Associated Press Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - NATO and the European Union will examine the possible health risks of depleted uranium ammunition used in the Balkans, and the U.N. administrator in Kosovo made an ``urgent appeal'' Monday for help from the World Health Organization. NATO's political committee and the EU's political and security committee scheduled talks for Tuesday. The use of depleted uranium has led to rising fears in Europe since Italy began investigating soldiers who have become ill since serving in the Balkans. Twelve have cancer and five have died of leukemia. ... You can read more at http://www.infobeat.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/IBFrontEnd.woa/wa/fullStory?article=405744243 ------------- Some blame exposure to depleted uranium for Gulf War Syndrome Monday, 24 January, 2000, 10:44 GMTScientists to study uranium risk A group of British scientists are launching an independent study into the dangers of depleted uranium (DU) used in making missiles and shells. Read more at: ----------------l June 2000: From: CFS-NEWS cfs-news@CAIS.COM Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter No. 93 June 30, 2000 Washington DC Gulf War veterans show brain cell decline by Roger Burns A University of Texas study has found brainstem damage in Gulf War veterans, and the lead author says in interviews that the damage can be traced to sarin gas. The published study compared 22 ill Gulf War veterans with 18 healthy Gulf War veterans with regard to neuronal brain damage in the basal ganglia and brainstem. Three different Gulf War syndromes were considered. The study used magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The results showed that sick veterans had 20 per cent fewer cells in the brain stem than healthy former combatants, according to the London Times. The scientists concluded in their paper: "Veterans with different Gulf War syndromes have biochemical evidence of neuronal damage in different distributions in the basal ganglia and brainstem." The paper was published as: Haley RW, Marshall WW, McDonald GG, Daugherty MA, Petty F, Fleckenstein JL. Brain abnormalities in Gulf War syndrome: evaluation with 1H MR spectroscopy. Radiology 2000 Jun;215(3):807-17. Lead author Robert Haley MD, a former CDC official, was quoted by the Fedbuzz news service as saying that "The federal government has completely misunderstood the real causes of Gulf War Syndrome, and thousands of sick veterans aren't receiving treatment as a result." You can read more at : http://www.cfs-news.org/news.htm ------------ June 2000: GulfWar Veterans and PeaceKeepers Association of WA inc MONASH UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT GULF WAR HEALTH STUDY Monash University researchers will conduct a comprehensive study of the health of Australia's Gulf War veterans, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Bruce Scott, announced today. Addressing the Victorian RSL Congress in Melbourne, Mr Scott said the Department of Veterans' Affairs had appointed a consortium from Monash University and Health Services Australia to conduct the Gulf War Veterans' Health Study. "The consortium, led by Professor Malcolm Sim from the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash, has a great deal of expertise in undertaking studies of this type," he said. "Several members of the team have worked with veteran populations, including important research on the health of Gulf War veterans in the United Kingdom." You can reasd more at http://www.southwest.com.au/~philip/gwvpk.html -------- Mai 2000: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brain scans of U.S. veterans who returned from the Gulf War complaining of illness show evidence of significant brain-cell loss, researchers reported on Thursday. Sick veterans had 20 percent fewer cells in the brain stem, 12 percent fewer in the right basal ganglia and 5 percent fewer in the left basal ganglia, a team at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas reported. They said the amount of loss was comparable to that seen in patients with brain diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), multiple sclerosis, dementia and other degenerative neurological disorders, although the brain areas affected are different. ------------------ 25 May, 2000, Chemical cocktail 'made Gulf troops ill' Many who served in 1991 are convinced GWS exists By environment correspondent Alex Kirby A US scientist has found evidence that suggests the combination of chemicals administered to Gulf War troops may have made them ill. The scientist, Professor Mohamed Abou-Donia, says he will soon prove that "the cocktail effect of chemicals" causes real physical damage..... ***** Gul War News letter: ______________________________________________________ Gulf War Illness articles: http://www.insightmag.com/investiga/gulfindex.html ----------------------- 4/2000 Dr. Donald Black's article on MCS & GWS The full text of the article by Dr. Donald Black (in the April 24, 2000 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine) regarding the prevalence of multiple chemical sensitivity among the military can be accessed at the followingThe URL is not more available Reference to this article: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome Symptom Prevalence and Risk Factors in a Military Population. Donald W. Black, MD; Bradley N. Doebbeling, MD, MS; Margaret D. Voelker, MS; William R. Clarke, PhD; Robert F. Woolson, PhD; Drue H. Barrett, PhD; David A. Schwartz, MD, MPH; Archives of Internal Medicine, April 24, 2000; 160(8): 1169-76. The full article can also be read (and printed) using a PDF file format, but to do so you may need to download a free copy of the Abobe Acrobat Reader (from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html ). ----------------------- 12/99:Gulf War Illnesses `Real' Pentagon -- Brain scans of some veterans show damage, chemical exposure By Thomas D. Williams, Hartford Courant This story Web-posted November 30, 1999; 11:30 a.m. Brain scans of some Persian Gulf War soldiers show damage by exposure to wartime chemicals, a new Pentagon-sponsored study reveals. The study, combined with earlier related studies, contradict claims by the Pentagon since the Gulf War that low-level chemical agents were not common on battlefields, or, ...... Read more at : http://www.ngwrc.org/news/content/TueNov301318401999.asp |
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