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Proceeding contribution from Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 29 March 2010. It occurred during Question for short debate on Gulf War: Veterans.


Gulf War: Veterans

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further consideration the Ministry of Defence has given to the implications for British veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War of the findings of the congressionally mandated and funded United States Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War illnesses on the toxic effects of exposure to organophosphates and of the nerve agent pre-treatment sets (NAPS) tablets given to British troops deployed to the conflict. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further consideration the Ministry of Defence has given to the implications for British veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War of the findings of the congressionally mandated and funded United States Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War illnesses on the toxic effects of exposure to organophosphates and of the nerve agent pre-treatment sets (NAPS) tablets given to British troops deployed to the conflict.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
718 c471GC 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Compensation Chemical weapons Health hazards Iraq-Kuwait conflict Preventive medicine Research Vaccination War pensions USA Gulf War syndrome Organophosphates Pyridostigmine bromide US Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses US Institute of Medicine Veterans Sarin
Link
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