November 25, 2008 A U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs forensics report released last week, "Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans," revealed that, after many years of disbelief, Gulf War illness is real and the result of neurotoxic exposures during the war deployment. Technical results from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) were included in the scientific findings and recommendations. Specifically, the report referred to an ongoing CAMS collaboration with the Univ. of New Mexico studying inhalation penetration of depleted uranium into brain tissues, and described toxicity studies at CAMS that supported the overall conclusion that a chemical given to the troops for protection against nerve agents and pesticide use during deployment are "causally associated with Gulf War illness." LLNL/Univ. of California publications cited were "Pyrethroid Decrease in Central Nervous System from Nerve Agent Pre-Treatment" in the Journal of Applied Toxicology and "Protein Binding of lisofluorophate in vivo After Coexposure to Multiple Chemicals" in Environmental Health Perspectives. For more on the VA report, go to http://www.vmwusa.org/images/stories/gwi_and_health_rac_gwvi_report_2008.pdf
Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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