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47% of Gulf War Veterans are currently Disabled, and receive healthcare and compensation. Over 93,000 GW Vets are Dead or un-accounted for.

Now the Causes are still being researched for the past 15 years. Some Veterans have no or little health problems. It could be some had bad reactions to vaccines or PB pills. Some Low chemical or biological exposure. Oil well fires and other enviromental exposure. DU - depleted Uranium from bombs and tank rounds. Destroyed Bunkers and Vehicles that may have had DU dust inhaled. The VA recognizes Gulf War Illness and if you have health problems get checked out. Make sure they follow the VHA Guidlines for Testing.


What physical ailments are common among Gulf War veterans?

A significant number of GW veterans have reported unexplained physical symptoms arising during or after their services in the GW (Storzback et al., 2000). Some of these symptoms include memory and attention losses, chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, gastrointestinal distress, and skin rash (Persian Gulf Veterans Coordinating Board, 1995). The evidence for impairments in cognitive function and mood state leads to the possible explanation of central nervous system damage, especially because concentration difficulties remain significant even after researchers have controlled for mental health conditions (Lange et al., 2001; White et al., 2001).

Some clinicians use language such as “medically unexplained fatiguing illness” or “multiple nonspecific symptoms” to attempt to categorize the physical symptoms of Gulf War Illness. Others believe the combination of several of these symptoms is consistent with diagnoses of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, two conditions that appear to be empirically associated with Gulf War Illness. A large percentage of GW veterans experience physical complaints, and many veterans fear that the military’s use of biological agents is the cause of these symptoms. Some research has begun to identify chemical agents and other substances as possible explanations for the physical and psychological symptoms of Gulf War Illness.

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Taken from the FDA website list the Possible Side Effects from takening the PB nerve agent pills. I know a lot of Marines dont have any health problems but some do check out the list of ailments.

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/Pyridostigmine_Bromide/Q&A.htm#8

8. What are possible side effects of pyridostigmine bromide?

Some side effects that may occur include:

stomach cramps
gas
diarrhea
nausea
increased urge to urinate
drooling
sweating
headaches
dizziness
eye tearing
blurred vision
runny nose
shortness of breath
acid stomach, including heartburn or reflux
tingling of fingers, toes, arms, and legs
muscle twitching, weakness, or cramping



Add all the other crap and your guess is as good as lost ! So many things could be possible side effects. The Government will keep this going around and round. It will cost them too much money if the real truth is told.

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CDC says side effects from Anthrax Shots

Anthrax vaccine

Mild Problems

Soreness, redness, or itching where the shot was given (about 1 out of 10 men, about 1 out of 6 women)
A lump where the shot was given (about 1 person out of 2)
Muscle aches or joint aches (about 1 person out of 5)
Headaches (about 1 person out of 5)
Fatigue (about 1 out of 15 men, about 1 out of 6 women)
Chills or fever (about 1 person out of 20)
Nausea (about 1 person out of 20).

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Oil Well Fires

Inhaled petroleum with an aromatic content would be expected to partition in the lung. The aromatic portion of the oil is fat-soluble and would pass through the lung wall to be deposited in the adipose tissue. It also is possible some of the non-aromatic portion of inhaled petroleum would pass through the lung wall and be deposited from the blood in the spleen, lymph nodes, liver and kidneys. The aromatic and other petroleum fractions distributed throughout the body would cause systemic toxicity which expresses through many symptoms. A detailed discussion of petroleum toxicology is beyond the scope of this paper. An extensive literature review by the author has found petroleum exposure associated with the following symptoms:

cancer

fatigue

breathlessness

cough

skin rash

headache

diarrhea

weight loss

memory loss

immune suppression

chemical sensitivity

Skin exposure to petroleum has been known for many years to cause skin cancer, rashes, eczema, acne, and dermatitis. The reaction of the skin to petroleum depends upon the composition, boiling range, viscosity and aromatic content of the oil. Aromatic content is a key toxicity parameter for petroleum; the higher the aromatic content, the greater is the toxicity. Aromatic compounds boiling between 500 and 1000o F. have been found highly carcinogenic.

Highly refined petroleum oils, called white oils, are used for lotions and skin creams. These highly refined oils have all aromatic compounds removed and as a result have low toxicity.

The potential for skin carcinogenicity and toxicity of the oil rain must be evaluated based upon its estimated boiling range, viscosity and aromatic content. As mentioned above, the source of the oil rain was Kuwait crude oil altered by heating in the oil fires. Reports of the oil rain forming a sticky coating on surfaces suggest it was similar to a lubricating oil in viscosity and boiling range. This is effectively a weathered crude, similar to that found in an environmental spill, and would contain a high level of aromatic compounds and asphaltic and resinous compounds.

Animal testing with Kuwait crude has found it carcinogenic. The study was a lifetime mouse skin painting experiment using Kuwait, Louisiana, and shale oil crude. The Kuwait crude was a paraffinic crude with a high sulfur content. The composition and physical properties of the crude oils were not given. However, the article states the Kuwait crude was selected because it was used extensively in the United States. Kuwait has three major types of crude which are Ratawi, Burgan and Kuwait export. Export crude has 2.5% sulfur and an API gravity of 31.4 A reasonable assumption is the crude used in the study would be export crude, and would be comparable to the crude composition given in the DoD report.

The study found the Kuwait crude produced carcinogenic tumors on 38% of the mice. This is to be compared with the Louisiana crude that produced tumors in 20% of the mice, and shale oil with tumors in 68-92% of the mice.

Another study examined carcinogenicity of a domestic Gulf Coast naphthenic crude and a foreign, high (2.54%) sulfur paraffinic crude. The foreign crude had a boiling profile and sulfur content similar to Kuwait export and likely was a Kuwait crude. In this study, the crudes were separated into fractions that would approximate the gasoline, fuel oil, light lube oil, and heavy fuel oil fractions. The whole crude oil and each fraction were tested using standard mouse skin testing protocols. The whole foreign crude produced tumors on 56% of the mice. The higher boiling fuel oil fraction, which boiled at 700-1070o F, produced tumors in 87% of the mice. The higher boiling fuel oil fraction would roughly correspond to the oil rain in composition and boiling range. Thus, a reasonable assumption is the oil rain was highly carcinogenic.

Domestic and wild animals in Kuwait suffered severe health effects from the smoke and oil rain. Observations reported just after the end of the war stated:

Sheep, goats and camels grazing in the areas impacted by the burning wells have turned black from the falling drops of oil and have started to lose their fur and die. Many birds observed flying through the plumes are overcome by heat and fumes and fall to the ground.

Inspection of sheep in a Kuwait slaughter house after the war found the sheep had lipoid pneumonia; there were massive clots in the lungs. Also observed were dark granulated livers and blood clots in the hearts.

In summary, the oil rain would have caused a petroleum exposure from inhalation and skin absorption. The petroleum rain would be expected to cause lipoid pneumonia in the lungs, a progressive lung disease whose major symptom is breathlessness similar to asthma. The oil rain on the skin would be expected to cause rashes, dermatitis, and future cancers.