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To: zonder who wrote (4670)	2/26/2003 10:23:39 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 15987

Doubtless, there are possibilities which, though they currently seem unlikely, cannot be entirely ruled out. Part of the problem is that with most agents, chronic conditions follow acute symptoms, vindicating the maxim that the dose makes the poison. Absent numerous incidents of acute poisoning, it is not likely that there would be chronic symptoms mysteriously arising later. As for the depleted uranium, the harm is specific to the kidneys, and could not explain the range of symptoms. I think the position of the committee is that given our current state of knowledge, there is no real evidence of chemical agents being factors in the broad array of cases under the umbrella "Gulf War syndrome". That is not to say that a fraction of the cases might not eventually be tied to some exposure, or that with greater knowledge, we might not find connections that are not currently apparent.......