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Test for these things
The blood is key!
Do you at this time know what cancers gulf
War vets are coming down with? How many have died to date?
Sincerely,
Margaret Hursh
PO Box 233
Valdez, AK 99686
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Subject: RE: would like to study & help gulf war vets
Yes,
the best study on Gulf War veteran mortality was done by Dr. Han Kang,
of VA's environmental epidemiology service.
His
study shows that Gulf War veterans are dying at the same rate as
their non deployed peers, and less than half the rate of matched
civilian Americans.
No
cause of death including cancer stands out as unusual, that is, they
aren't dying of any cause at a greater rate than their non deployed
peers.
Their
mortality rates for accidents (car accidents, for example) was
slightly higher in the first few years after the war, but this effect
disappeared after several more years -- this odd effect has been
observed following previous wars as well.
Mark
Brown
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So, do you think there is no 'gulf war syndrome?' There are still funded studies going on, aren't there? |
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Well,
we certainly know that some Gulf War veterans are sick, but it hasn't
affected their overall low mortality rates. VA has provided high
quality health care to over 250,000 veterans from the first Gulf War.
There
are a number of studies going on now although I am not very much
involved with research or Gulf War health research so I can't tell you
very much about exactly what is going on in that area.
Our
Office of Research & Development recently published a summary of
Gulf War research, that is probably available on line at their web
site at http://www.va.gov/resdev/
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http://www.valdezlink.com/no_difference.htm Is it true that those who do studies
don't believe there is any more harm to the Gulf War vets ... ie Gulf
War Syndrome group ... For that to be the case, there has to be an awful lot of the general public harmed, too. That, in fact, may be more the reality. OR no one who is primarily harmed by 2-butoxyethanol is getting an accurate diagnosis, and only the secondary ailments are getting the 'credit' |