Veterans advocates are skeptical of a federal government undertake to study the effects of exposure to depleted uranium after years of ignore their pleas to recognize the issue louise Richard, a long-time detractor who says she suffers from Gulf War illness, says Veterans Affairs has persistently refused to acknowledge the health hazards and doesn't even track supposed exposures.
An ex-soldier, Pascal Lacoste, defunct a desire strike Tuesday in Levis, Que, after the veterans minister and local MP, Steven Blaney, pledge to launch a analysis in the next 30 days the minister said academic medical researchers and soldiers will make up the panel.
Richard, who has researched uranium exposure, needs to be on the group and says she finds it criminal that a veteran had to resort to a hunger strike to get attention lacoste and other veterans fault complaint like chronic pain and neurological disorders on depleted-uranium poisoning they say they contracted for the duration of the 1990-91 Gulf War and on missions in Bosnia.
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