-Caveat Lector- http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/12/04/gulfwar.gas/index.html Pentagon to notify Gulf veterans of possible nerve gas exposure December 4, 2000 Web posted at: 9:18 p.m. EST (0218 GMT) In this story: New study to be released 'No well-controlled studies' >From Jamie McIntyre CNN Military Affairs Correspondent WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pentagon officials will soon notify 35,000 veterans they might have been exposed to trace amounts of nerve gas in 1991 after U.S. soldiers blew up a an Iraqi ammunition dump at the end of the Gulf War. Meanwhile, officials now believe that 33,000 soldiers who received a similar notification in 1997 were not exposed to the nerve gas, sources told CNN on Monday. The Pentagon now believes, based on updated computer modeling, the chemical cloud from the destruction of the ammunition dump at Kamisiyah, in southeastern Iraq, had moved in a different direction than previously thought. Based on that new analysis, the Pentagon estimates 101,000 U.S. troops might have been exposed to low levels of nerve gas. Previously, the Pentagon had said about 99,000 soldiers had been exposed. New study to be released The sources also told CNN that the Pentagon will release a new RAND review of medical studies on the effects -- including health impacts -- of low level exposure to nerve agents. The review found no evidence of adverse health effects resulting from brief nerve gas exposure at doses low enough that no symptoms were reported at the time of exposure, the sources said. The study, the sources said, is consistent with other reports. U.S. troops destroyed Iraqi weapons stockpiles -- including 500 rockets filled with the deadly sarin nerve gas -- at the end of the Gulf War in March 1991. 'No well-controlled studies' After learning that troops had destroyed chemical weapons in the mid-1990s, the Pentagon investigated the possibility that exposure to nerve gas might have caused health problems suffered by some Gulf War veterans. The Institute of Medicine said in a review released in September that there was "inadequate" and "insufficient" evidence to support that theory. The institute concluded that while it was "reasonable to hypothesize that long-term adverse health effects can occur after exposure to low levels of sarin, there are no well-controlled studies on long-term health effects." RELATED STORIES: Study: Not enough evidence to link 4 chemical agents to Gulf War syndrome September 7, 2000 Gulf War soldiers may have 'inhaled uranium' September 3, 2000 Cause of Gulf War Syndrome still a mystery February 25, 2000 Gulf War veterans suffered brain damage after chemical exposure, study says November 30, 1999 Panel: no link between Gulf illnesses and nerve gas January 7, 1997 � 2000 Cable News Network. All Rights Reserved. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
