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 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 Reports, help eliminate a long-suspected cause of GWI that has attracted international concern for three...

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 have strained to find a cause of the myriad symptoms known as Gulf War illness, with a strong suspicion...

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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