Lung damage found in Iraq, Afghanistan veterans

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By Gene Emery
Reuters
updated 7/20/2011 6:25:03 PM ET 2011-07-20T22:25:03
Share Print Font: +-Shortness of breath and reduced fitness among some military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan may be caused by lung damage from smoke, sandstorms and toxins, a new study suggests.

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..Researchers who performed lung biopsies on 38 veterans with unexplained breathing problems found a form of tissue damage — called constrictive bronchiolitis — that is rare in young adults and doesn't show up in standard tests.

In all but one case, a "lacy black pigment" also coated the delicate lung surfaces.



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43832153/ns/health-health_care/t/lung-damage-found-iraq-afghanistan-veterans/

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1. Putting our troops in such environment, with the addition of the toxins

associated with our lethal weaponry, was in effect, killing them softly with our global aspirations' song. A monstrous crime imo. :patriot:

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