Gulf War syndrome could still be going on - I think it is from something the troops use to clean their weapon daily. For our 800 Alaska troops that left a couple of weeks back for Afghanistan, they could be spared these horrible health effects, if someone in authority quickly checks into it and limits troops exposure to the probable 'proprietary' ingredient:  

either 2-butoxyethanol, as I was told,

or Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether  *

which is similar but worse 

(same as in Lysol Tub 'n Tile).  

These chemicals should be banned.

valdezlink.com/gws_still.htm 

 

Daily exposure to these chemicals is just TOO MUCH EXPOSURE.  The military needs to inventory all products that contain these chemicals & carefully monitor exposure to them.  Wearing goggles and gloves is recommended, but do people?   Congress should ban them from use altogether.  People do not realize that they are at risk for unbelievable health damage, as exposures are 'cumulative'

I am sad to say that the USA is behind the times on knowing the harmful effects of these chemicals.  Talk to some 'Gulf War Syndrome' vets or a health injured Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup worker and you will want to stop the harm to our people today!  The US Coast Guard monitors of the 'bioremediation' experiment and the Navy also that was there in 1989 have a sad story to tell too. valdezlink.com/generic.htm#behind

Isn't 9,000 soldiers reported to be either killed, injured or hospitalized for other ailments since the Iraqi war ... way too high a number?  What's going on?  (reported by Matthew Chance on Nightline 11-14-03)

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Margaret Hursh
PO Box 233
Valdez, AK 99686
907-835-5333

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11-18-03   This submitted to the Anchorage Daily News as a letter to the editor.

Background Photo - 800 Alaska troops - picture credit: by Bill Roth of the Anchorage Daily News