Re: birth defects in the children of Gulf War Vets [FW] -Reply

["Thomas J Savin " <tjsav@lycos.com>]

Scott and all,

You are correct, interviews (Or studies?) like this by their very nature can have no valid outcomes Especially looking into DU:

1. The majority of Gulf War vets are males - For there part, the millions of sperm that are released in each mating attempt.  The chances of an unhealthy sperm fertilizing an egg is rare - usually the healthiest win.

2. There would have to be four groups of populations to make any sense: male vets, female vets, male non vets, and female non vets. These would have to be compared.  The survey is not looking at the control groups

3. Other problems - A. the amount of reporting individuals may be biased to those who read the paper -therefore possibly under reported or over reported (special interest groups "becoming gulf war vets")

4. You know I think I'll stop here - If he really wanted to get a great story - he should be looking at asking Saadam's soldiers for information - yeah - now that WOULD be a story. You think they might jump at the chance???

Thanks Melissa for all you've done.   Tom

Tom Savin

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:42:48   
 Scott Siebert wrote:
>Can all of us Gulf War vets whose children DO NOT have birth defects
>also send a message?  Or are they not interested in the multitudes that
>do not prove their point???
>
>Scott Siebert
>Internal Dosimetry
>Mound, BWXT of Ohio
>
>>>> "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca> 02/01/01 11:31am >>>
>Although DU is not mentioned specifically in this message, it has
>appeared
>in this context in the past and will no doubt feature prominently in the
>resulting media report...
>Jaro
>frantaj@aecl.ca
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Betty Mekdeci [mailto:abdc@birthdefects.org]
>Sent: Tuesday January 30, 2001 10:54 AM
>To: birthdefectnews@topica.com
>Subject: Special Alert - January 30, 2001
>
>Birth Defect Research for Children
>
>Birth Defect News
>Birth Defect Research for Children 
>Special Alert - January 30, 2001 
>***Attention Gulf War Veterans*** 
>Anton Antonowicz, a chief feature writer with the Mirror, Britain's
>second
>largest daily newspaper is working on a series about birth defects in the
>children of Gulf War Veterans.  The Mirror reaches 8 million plus readers
>and is syndicated worldwide.  Mr. Antonowicz would like to interview
>Gulf
>War veteran families in the U.S. who believe that their children's birth
>defects may be related to exposures during their service.  He will be
>working with award winning photographer, Mike Moore on the story.  Mr.
>Antonowitz is a former Foreign Writer of the Year and both he and Mr.
>Moore
>are Amnesty International Press Award Winners. 
>If you are interested in talking with Mr. Antonowicz, please send an
>e-mail
>to betty@birthdefects.org as soon as possible.  Include a description of
>your child's birth defects and both daytime and evening phone numbers. 
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