the most likely cause of the illness was pyridostigmine bromide (PB) in protection pills given to American and British troops to counter the Soman nerve gas Saddam Hussein could have used in the 1991 Gulf War.
Were US or UK troops actually exposed to Saddam's bio-weapons in 1991? We'd have to read the study itself to attribute pill failure to gas exposure vs pill success vs gas exposure to pill placebo vs gas placebo --without knowing pill dosage(s) in any case-- in order to begin to hypothesize adverse reactions (primary or secondary systemic failure or "syndrome" diagnoses ) to pill or pesticide prescriptions.
I'm kinda sick of this risk-free pharma testing. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
the US admitted responsibility for Gulf War Syndrome many years ago, having done a lot of tests and recognised that certain combinations of preventative agents became neurotoxic.
The MoD have always had a much more cavalier attitude to safety and health. So have refused to do anything other than the most superficial tests and investigations intended to avoid blame and defer compensation. It is no surprise that the British still haven't got comprehensive testing done cos I imagine the govt have done anything and everything to interfere. keep to the Fen Causeway
