A committee of scientists set up by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has reported that 200,000 veterans of the Gulf war of 1990-1991 continue to suffer from Gulf war syndrome, caused by exposure to organophosphate nerve gas, nerve gas remedies and insecticides.
"Gulf War illness is real," the report concludes. "Few veterans have recovered."
However, the committee charges that government research into Gulf war syndrome has plummeted since 2001, while suffering veterans are denied benefits.
The military in various countries has consistently denied that there is a physical basis to Gulf War Syndrome.