PESTICIDES, NOT DEPLETED URANIUM, LINKED TO GULF WAR ILLNESS

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

PESTICIDES, NOT DEPLETED URANIUM, LINKED TO GULF WAR ILLNESS

WASHINGTON, DC, January 15, 2001 (ENS) - In his final report before the
change of administration, the Defense Department's special assistant for
Gulf War Illnesses, Dr. Bernard Rostker, told reporters that pesticides,
but not exposure to depleted uranium (DU), may be "among the potential
contributing agents" to illnesses among Gulf War veterans. 

<snip>

The environmental exposure and health risk assessment report is
available online at: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/pest/ The Office of
the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses is online at:
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/ 

For full text and graphics visit:
http://ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-15-03.html
-- 
.....................................................
Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
                       -----                       
A schedule of meetings on DOE issues is posted on our Web site
http://www.local-oversight.org/meetings.html - E-mail loc@icx.net
.....................................................
************************************************************************
The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and subscription
information can be accessed at http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.html