[ RadSafe ] Gulf War birth defect citations

[James Salsman]

Steven Dapra wrote:

>... You have written, "The fact remains that the number of birth
> defects in the children of combat-deployed male U.S. and U.K. 1991 Gulf War
> troops has been rising sharply, from 180% above the non-combat troops from
> the same era in 2000, to 220% in 2003."  I have requested a citation for
> this claim.  What is it?  You also alluded to a report by a Dr. Kang in the Annals
> of Epideimology.  What is the citation to this report?

Taken together:

Kang H., et al. (2001) "Pregnancy Outcomes Among U.S. Gulf War
Veterans: A Population-Based Survey of 30,000 Veterans," Annals of
Epidemiology, vol. 11, pp. 504-511.
  http://www.annalsofepidemiology.org/article/PIIS1047279701002459/abstract

and:

Department of Veterans Affairs (2003) "Q's & A's -- New Information
Regarding Birth Defects" Gulf War Review, vol. 12(1), page 10.
      http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GulfWarNov03.pdf

> Apparently you don't know when your beaten, James?

If the DoE wasn't scrambling to build new tungsten penetrators, the
"tilting at windmills" arguments might stand a chance.

Sincerely,
James Salsman