Environmental Exposure Report
Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC)
Environmental
Exposure Reports are reports of what we know today about certain events of the
1990-1991 Gulf War. This particular
environmental exposure report focuses on the use of chemical agent resistant coating
(CARC). The purpose of this report is to discuss the CARC painting activities conducted in
the Kuwait theater of operations, describe possible health effects associated with
exposure to CARC, and present recommendations for improvements in policy about CARC
application. This is an interim, not a final, report. We hope that you will read this and
contact us with any information that would help us better understand the events reported
here. With your help, we will be able to report more accurately on the events surrounding
the use of CARC. Please contact my office to report any new information by calling:
1-800-497-6261 Bernard Rostker Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses Department of Defense |
199222-0000022 |
Last Update: February 22, 2000
Many veterans of the Gulf War have expressed concern that their unexplained illnesses may result from their experiences in that war. In response to veterans concerns, the Department of Defense established a task force in June 1995 to investigate those incidents and circumstances relating to possible causes. The Office of the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses assumed responsibility for these investigations on November 12, 1996, and gathered information on the use of chemical agent resistant coating.
To inform the public about the progress of this office, the Department of Defense is publishing on the Internet and elsewhere accounts related to the possible causes of illnesses among Gulf War veterans, along with documentary evidence or personal testimony used in compiling the accounts. This environmental exposure report is such an account.
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