Chemical Weapons Exposures in Iraq: Challenges of a Public Health Response a Decade Later

An October 14, 2014 article in The New York Times reported that the US Department of Defense (DoD) concealed, for nearly a decade, circumstances surrounding service members' exposure to chemical warfare agents (CWA) while deployed to Iraq in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn from...

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Published in:U.S. Army Medical Department journal 2016-10 (3-16), p.75-84
Main Authors: Baird, Coleen, Mirza, Raul, Sharkey, Jessica M, Teichman, Ron, Longmire, Romarius, Harkins, Deanna, Llanos, Joseph, Abraham, Joseph, McCannon, Charles, Heller, Jack, Tinklepaugh, Carole, Rice, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical Warfare Agents - adverse effects
Chemical Warfare Agents - metabolism
Chemical weapons
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Evidence-based medicine
Health aspects
Humans
Iraq
Management
Military Personnel
Mustard Gas - adverse effects
Mustard Gas - metabolism
Nerve Agents - adverse effects
Nerve Agents - metabolism
Public health
Public Health - methods
Public Health - standards
Warfare
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Summary:An October 14, 2014 article in The New York Times reported that the US Department of Defense (DoD) concealed, for nearly a decade, circumstances surrounding service members' exposure to chemical warfare agents (CWA) while deployed to Iraq in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn from March 13, 2003, to December 31, 2011, and alleged failure of the DoD to provide expedient and adequate medical care. This report prompted the DoD to devise a public health investigation, with the Army Public Health Center (Provisional) as the lead agency to identify, evaluate, document, and track CWA casualties of the Iraq war. Further, the DoD revisited and revised clinical guidelines and health policies concerning CWA exposure based on current evidence-based guidelines and best practices.
ISSN:1524-0436
1946-1968