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The Gulf War has long since been over. Yet its repercussions are found even today; specifically in the health of those soldiers who took part in it. But while these symptoms of ill-health have manifested several years ago, it is only now that the US government and more recently a cautious UK, admitted to the possibilities of chemicals affecting the soldiers.

Strange are, thus, the ways of the governments. It took Pentagon four years of outright denial before getting around to finally accept the presence of the Gulf War Syndrome

Publication Date: 
14/11/1996
Down to Earth [2]
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Occupational Health [3], War [4], United States Of America (US) [5]
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