Gulf War Syndrome Did Not Affect  French Troops.  Why?

by Hardly Waite

Based on information from BBC News, March 9, 2002.

Of the 25,000 French troops who served in the Gulf War, only 140 have suffered illness related to the war.

By contrast, over 5,000 of 52,000 British troops and 137,862 of 697,000 American troops who served int he war have claimed war-related illnesses.

Why?  This isn't proof, but it might offer some strong clues.

French troops were given protective clothing and  bottled water to drink. The were not subjected to to organophosphate pesticides or to the inoculations given to American and British troops.

Americans and British, by contrast, got a total of 33 inoculations plus anti-nerve gas agent pills in addition to being dowsed with organophosphate pesticides.  They did not get bottled water.

Consider this in light of a recent JAMA article which revealed that medical treatment in the US is not the third leading cause of death.