VIRGINIA TECH LAB GETS GRANT TO STUDY GULF WAR SYNDROME

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

VIRGINIA TECH LAB GETS GRANT TO STUDY GULF WAR SYNDROME

from The Roanoke (VA) Times



Virginia Tech researchers are once again delving into the mystery of

Gulf

War Syndrome, this time evaluating whether the uranium used in some

high-

tech ammunition, when combined with battlefield stress, could cause

nerve

damage.



Depleted uranium ammunition, which is used by U.S. and NATO forces

against

heavy-armor vehicles such as tanks, has come under fire in recent years

from European officials who are concerned that the uranium may increase

the

risk of cancer in soldiers who come in close contact with the munitions

or

its residue. Several European soldiers who served in Kosovo with NATO

forces have reportedly died of cancer, and American veterans groups have

speculated whether depleted uranium could be causing some of the myriad

of

physical problems experienced by thousands of U.S. personnel who served

in

the Persian Gulf War.



U.S. military officials as well as radiation experts have vehemently

denied

any link with cancer, saying that depleted uranium is far less

radioactive

than natural uranium and is not dangerous at the levels encountered by

military personnel. Other critics, however, have suggested that depleted

uranium may cause chemical poisoning in some circumstances.

<http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story133512.html>



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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org

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