2. Gulf War Syndrome

3. Chemical weapons in history

4. The nerve of this gas

5. Agent Orange revisited

6. Dioxin on trial

7. Most poisonous substance?

Update: Gulf War Syndrome

Paper
5,000 Troops May Have Been Gassed in Gulf, Baltimore Sun, 9/20/96, page 1A.

Banning Chemical Weapons, Hugh D. Crone, The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1992.

Chemicals Behind Gulf War Syndrome? Elizabeth Pennisi, Science, 4/26/96, pp. 479-80.

Chemical Weapons Use in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan, Current Policy No. 553, US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, 21 February 1984 (US submission to the UN Secretary General).

Chlorinated Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Human Tissue from General Populations: A Selective Review, Arnold Schecter, et al, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 102 suppl. 1:159-171, 1994.

Dioxins and Health, Arnold Schecter, editor, Plenum Press, New York, 1994.

Estrogen Pairings Can Increase Potency, Janet Raloff, Science News 149, Je 8 '96, pp. 356.

Gulf War Illness: The Battle Continues, Martin Enserink, Science, 2 Feb. 2001, pp. 812-17.

Herbicides in Warfare, Arthur H. Westing, pp. 337-57 in Ecotoxicology and climate: with special reference to hot and cold climates, P. Bordeau, editor; John Wiley, Chichester, UK.

Increased Neurotoxicity Following Concurrent Exposure to Pyridostigmine Bromide, DEET, and Chlorpyriphos: M.B. Abou-Donia, Fundamental and Applied Toxicology, 1996.

Intellectual Impairment in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Utero, Joseph Jacobson and Sandra Jacobson, New England Journal of Medicine, 9/12/96, pp. 783-89.

Neurotoxicity Resulting From Coexposure to Pyridostigmine Bromide, DEET, and Permethrin, M.B. Abou-Donia et al, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 1996, 48: 35-56, .

Sarin Savagery, The Economist, 3/25/95, pp. 88-9.

U.S. Jets Pounded Iraqi Arms Depot Storing Nerve Gas, Philip Shenon, The New York Times, 10/3/96, p. A1.

Electronic
More on the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Were there chemical weapons atKhamisiyah?

One opinion on the conspiracy theories surrounding Gulf War Syndrome

Check out Gulflink for information on Gulf War Illnesses

How nerve agents work

More on the sarin attack in Tokyo

Dioxin info from the EPA

Is there dioxin in my food?