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WEST AKRON — Local wrestlers took part in the Bill Dies Memorial Tournament Jan. 13-14 at Firestone Community Learning Center. Shown at far right, Firestone junior Cupid Atkins maneuvers for position in the 215-pound weight class match against his opponent from Brunswick High School. Norton sophomore Cael Williams is pictured above fighting to stay on

US scientists say they now know why thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 conflict fell sick.

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By TARA COPP | McClatchy Washington Bureau | Published: February 18, 2021 WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Depleted uranium in tanks and ammunition used in the 1991 Gulf War “played no role” in the unexplained illnesses, known as Gulf War syndrome, that veterans faced in the years afterward, according to a new study. The findings by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Portsmouth in England counter decades of understanding by the military and Depa...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Robert Haley, M.D., here reviewing brain scans of Gulf War veterans, has been studying the illness for 27 years view more  Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Feb. 18, 2021 - Inhalation of depleted uranium from exploding munitions did not lead to Gulf War illness (GWI) in veterans deployed in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, a new study co-authored by a leading researcher of the disease at UT Southwestern suggests. The findings, published today in Scientific Repo...

Study concludes depleted uranium doesn’t cause Gulf War illness February 18 A U.S. Humvee and Saudi tank pass under a highway sign directing them to Kuwait City during Desert Storm Allied forces offensive in 1991. A recent study found that depleted uranium from armor and rounds did not cause the Gulf War Illness so many veterans of that operation have suffered. (Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images) In the decades since Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, veterans and researchers hav...

The illness has left a quarter of a million veterans suffering from debilitating symptoms years later

Gulf War Syndrome has been recorded in thousands of armed forces personnel  A quarter of a million Gulf War veterans suffer from the mysterious condition It can cause fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia and dizziness It was long thought to be caused by exposure to debris from depleted uranium  Now it is thought to be caused by exposure to sarin gas when Iraqi weapons cache was destroyed in January 1991 

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