Gulf War Linked To Miscarriages

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"women whose partners served in the Gulf were 40 percent more likely to have suffered a miscarriage before November 1997."


http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=339762004

'No long-term birth defects' from first Gulf war

TARA WOMERSLEY


THERE is "no strong evidence" of a link between a father’s deployment in the Iraq Gulf and an increased risk of stillbirth or deformities in their children, according to new research.

Although women whose partners served in the conflict were 40 per cent more likely to have a miscarriage, there was no greater risk of stillbirth or child with deformities than other expectant mothers, researchers claim.

The findings of the Ministry of Defence-funded study were greeted with scepticism by Gulf war veterans last night.

Tony Flint, of the National Gulf War Veterans and Families Association, said there was "most definitely a link" between birth defects and time spent in the Gulf.

He said similar research in the United States had found an increased risk of both abnormalities and miscarriage.

We must remember that this is MoD-sponsored research," Mr Flint said.


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http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_baby_032504,00.html


Gulf War Linked To Miscarriages
United Press International
March 25, 2004,


LONDON - Women whose partners served in the Gulf War during the early 1990s were more likely to suffer miscarriages in the years that followed, U.K. researchers said.

The babies of such women were not more likely to have suffered birth defects, however, according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine researchers. They also found no evidence to suggest the women had higher stillbirth rates, BBC News Online reported Wednesday.

The researchers questioned British veterans who served in the Gulf between August 1990 and June 1991, as well as armed forces personnel who were not sent to the Gulf.

They found women whose partners served in the Gulf were 40 percent more likely to have suffered a miscarriage before November 1997.
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[terisel]

1. War killing the unborn ! nt

[leesa]

2. Just think. These soldiers were only there for a short time.

The soldiers returning from this new war have much more exposure.

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3. and then of course there are the people

who actually live there.

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4. kick