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Fed report vindicates ill Gulf War vets | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

Fed report vindicates ill Gulf War vetsBY R. NORMAN MOODY • FLORIDA TODAY • November 23, 2008- “…………………….government report acknowledged for the first time that Gulf War syndrome is real.

At least one-fourth of the nearly 700,000 U.S. veterans who served in the 1990-91 war suffer a form of the illness, which has symptoms including chronic headaches and memory problems, the report by the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses found. The committee was created by Congress to look into veterans’ health complaints………………………..According to the study, there also were reports that the military used uranium-tipped munitions. They make rounds harder and more piercing, but they may have exposed some troops to carcinogenic material.

Fed report vindicates ill Gulf War vets | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

November 24, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment