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Deployed veterans were more likely to have silica in their lungs than people who weren't in the armed forces, with combat veterans showing more damage than service members who worked in other jobs.
Deployed veterans were more likely to have silica in their lungs than people who weren't in the armed forces, with combat veterans showing more damage than service members who worked in other jobs.
Since the conflicts that followed 9/11 in 2001, military veterans deployed to areas in Southwest Asia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa have been developing respiratory diseases caused by inhaling particulate matter linked to their deployment locations and job duties.
<p>Since the conflicts that followed 9/11 in 2001, military veterans deployed to areas in Southwest Asia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa have been developing respiratory diseases caused by inhaling particulate matter linked to their deployment locations and job duties. New research published in the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10815659/" target="_blank"><em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</em></a> shows levels of silica and other silicates are significantly higher in the lung...
<p>Since the conflicts that followed 9/11 in 2001, military veterans deployed to areas in Southwest Asia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa have been developing respiratory diseases caused by inhaling particulate matter linked to their deployment locations and job duties. New research published in the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10815659/" target="_blank"><em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</em></a> shows levels of silica and other silicates are significantly higher in the lung...