Chemicals Used To Protect Soldiers In 1991 Gulf War Can Damage Testes, Animal Studies Show
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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:55:41 -0500
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Chemicals used to protect soldiers in 1991 Gulf War can damage testes, animal studies show
DURHAM, N.C. -- A combination of chemicals given to protect Gulf War soldiers against deadly diseases and nerve gas may have inadvertently damaged their testes and sperm production, according to animal experiments at Duke University Medical Center.
The new study could explain why some veterans have experienced infertility, sexual dysfunction, and other genitourinary symptoms, said Mohamed Abou Donia, Ph.D., a Duke pharmacologist.
Three chemicals were given to soldiers to protect them against insect-borne diseases and nerve-gas poisoning: the insect repellent DEET, the insecticide permethrin, and the anti-nerve gas agent pyridostigmine bromide.
Full story: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-01/dumc-cut010803.php
Well Mr, Helliker, when you "protect" people with your "registered" POISONS you find you are actually harming them. When will it be "legal" in your opinion to use safe and far more effective, unregistered alternatives?
Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
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