According to
USA Today, around 300,000 (the Army had 350,000) soldiers in the Gulf War who were exposed to the Sarin Gas weapons demolitions have been contacted by the military and may be twice as likely to develop brain cancer:
25 in 100,000 as opposed to 12 in 100,000.
Oh really... Sarin huh?
I'm thinking more like DEPLETED URANIUM. As you'll read in the article, the study didn't check for any other health problems related to Gulf War Syndrome including 4 other types of cancer. So, if brain cancer is evidently a problem... what about the other stuff Vets are already screaming about?
Brain cancer linked to nerve agent
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
For the first time, a study has found an increase in brain cancer deaths among Gulf War veterans who might have been exposed to the nerve agent sarin by the destruction of Iraqi weapons in 1991.
About 100,000 of the 350,000 Army soldiers in the Persian Gulf could have been exposed to sarin after soldiers blew up two large ammunition caches in Khamisiyah, Iraq, in March 1991, according to a study commissioned by the military and performed by the Institute of Medicine. The institute advises the government on health policy.The study did not address "Gulf War syndrome," as some have called the collection of ailments experienced by returning veterans. It examined whether soldiers possibly exposed to the destruction of Iraqi weapons were more likely to die for any reason. They also singled out specific diseases: breathing problems, infections, circulatory problems, digestive ailments, accidents and suicides, as well as four types of cancer.
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The study's authors note that sarin has never been shown to cause cancer. Page suggests that researchers follow veterans to see whether the risk of brain cancer, which is believed to develop over 10 to 20 years, changes over time. Page also notes that the study doesn't prove that being in the hazard area caused brain cancer.
Melissa Bondy, a professor of epidemiology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, questions why only one or two days of exposure would increase brain cancer mortality. Other experts note that the study could shed light on the causes of brain tumors, about which doctors know little.
"It's a very solid study," says Faith Davis, a professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago. "It needs to be taken seriously."