What do we conclude about the risks of BW agents to Gulf War veterans?
In cases where an individual survives exposure to anthrax or botulinum toxin, no known, long-term health consequences exist. The Committee concludes it is unlikely the health effects reported today by Gulf War veterans are the result of exposures to BW agents. Aflatoxin, however, is a liver carcinogen, and increased rates of liver cancer could result decades following low-level exposure, although available evidence reviewed by the Committee does not indicate such exposures occurred during the Gulf War.
