Chemical catastrophes
Thousands of U.S. gulf-war veterans complain about fatigue, memory loss and aching joints. They call it gulf war syndrome. The Defense Department now says it has found traces of nerve poison at an ammunition dump its soldiers blew up after the Persian Gulf War. Meanwhile, the use of agent orange in Vietnam continues to afflict Americans and Vietnamese alike. So let's put on some gas masks and sniff out the grisly technology of chemical weaponry. [Posted Oct. 10, 1996] Image from Soldiers Online.

Is gulf war syndrome all in their heads? Who knows? Some people think that might be the case. Others aren't so sure. Here's the latest on exposures during the Persian Gulf war.

Chemical weapons were an outgrowth of the German dye (not "die") industry. We've gathered some "highlights" -- if we can use the term -- of the horrible history of chemical arms.

Preliminary early evidence says exposure to several "safe" chemicals at one time might have caused Gulf war syndrome.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has added another disease to the list of diseases possibly caused by the dioxin in agent orange, which was used as a herbicide in Vietnam. What's new about the effects of dioxin?

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