The latest research suggest that trace amounts of nerve agents present after the destruction of dumps and stores combined with the inoculation used to protect against them are a fairly likely source of gulf war syndrome. This (US) research suggests that a percentage of people are much more sensitive to the effects of sarin and similar agents and that this, combined with the effects of the antidote which affects similar metabolic pathways, could have caused some neural damage (several types of typical damage observed according to genotype).

Concerning DU, the predominant evidence, as CarolC and others have repeatedly pointed out, is from dust resulting from fragmentation and vapourisation. DU is an alpha emitter and holding a lump of it will do you no harm. In tiny particles lodged in the alveoli it is a much different story.

Peace

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