DoD Dodges Deadly Dust Data The military could have had the
answer to Persian Gulf syndrome for years and did nothing about
it, as tens of thousands more veterans return from war in the
region, possibly suffering from the same exposures and symptoms.
Simply put: it’s in the dust. A growing body of evidence
indicates that U.S soldiers have been exposed to a highly toxic
“stew” of microscopic particles—including 37 metals and 147
different kinds of bacteria, as well as disease-carrying
fungi—found uniquely in the Iraqi dust. This breakthrough could
indicate that the exposure and impact could be far more sweeping
than previous explanations for Persian Gulf Syndrome after the
1991 war, and for the now-documented increase of respiratory
problems among veterans today. Invariably, critics have blamed
the use of depleted uranium, the widespread and unregulated use
of burn pits on forward operating bases, even the oil fires
early in the war, and the burning of a sulfur plant in Mosul in
the 2003. But U.S Navy medical