Does DU Cause Gulf War Syndrome?
Serious ill health In the “Gulf War veterans”, such as diseases of circulatory, blood, urinary, neuro-muscular and reproductive systems has been reported in many medical journals. And a higher incidence of some cancers and congenital disorders of the next generation have also been reported. They cannot be simply attributed to psychological stress. Exposure to DU is supposed to be one of the important causes of the disease, although separating out the effects of DU from other environmental toxins is still difficult. The radiological and chemical toxicity of DU, the complexity and sensitivity of disrupted cellular reactions, damaged organelles, dysfunctional enzymes and hormones, and so on – all occurring simultaneously within a human body – might affect the organs and systems in a body and cause some of the health problems documented in veterans.
