Breaking New Research From Boston Va Confirms Gulf War Veterans Health Changes

[allan]

Breaking NEW RESEARCH FROM BOSTON VA Confirms Gulf War Veterans Health Changes Related to Sarin Gas

Posted on August 27, 2009 by dsnurse

Breaking NEW RESEARCH FROM BOSTON VA Confirms Gulf War Veterans Health Changes Related to Sarin Gas

Gulf War Syndrome Researchers Blame Sarin Gas and Toxic Exposures

by Lourdes Salvador

Toomey and colleagues, researchers at the Boston Veterans Administration Healthcare System, confirmed that Gulf War deployment is associated with subtle declines of motor speed and sustained attention as influenced by exposure to toxicants during deployment.

Toomey found that exposure to sarin gas released during the Khamisiyah destruction is correlated with long-term reduced motor speed in veterans that has not resolved after 10 years. Self-reported exposure to these toxicants is also significantly associated with attention deficits.

Ten years after the war, deployed veterans are still in poor health and perform significantly worse on cognitive tests than non-deployed veterans. Gulf War veterans complaints include:

Poor cognition.

Slowed motor function.

Memory Loss

Chronic Fatigue

Skin Rash

Hair Loss

Headache

Muscle pain

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Cardiovascular Changes

Chemical Sensitivity

These health alterations point to potential long-term, permanent impairment from toxicant exposure.

The symptoms of Gulf War veterans are analogous to a group of multi-system illnesses increasingly seen in the general population, notably: multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and fibromyalgia (FM).

These illnesses all share a common pattern of initiation and, thus, they may share a common etiology (cause) in long-term, permanent impairment from toxic exposure.

Reference

Toomey R, Alpern R, Vasterling JJ, Baker DG, Reda DJ, Lyons MJ, Henderson WG, Kang HK, Eisen SA, Murphy FM. Neuropsychological functioning of U.S. Gulf War veterans 10 years after the war. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2009 Jul 29:1-13. [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?n...le&sid=8399

[timetowinarace]

I still believe Iraq didn't just have these weapons, but used them. The DOD assures us they weren't used. However my own experience in artillery leads me to believe otherwize. We counter fired on an Iraq artillery batalion that was sweeping a grid with random fire and no forward observers(fireing blind). We hit their ammo and killed the whole batalion with,,,,,,,their own sarin gas.

The only reason I know of for artillery to fire blind, sweeping across an open area of their exposed flank, is to make that area uninhabitable. What better way to do that than chemical weapons or mines.

Hmmmmmm.