It is a reasonable approach. I must say I'm disappointed in the choice of scientists. General Morisset says there's no testing to be done for depleted uranium, but there is. That wait is not acceptable. There are treatments available. When our soldiers come back and may have been in an environment where DU was present, you don't wait 10 years or 22 years to test them. You don't say, “Oh, by the way, you have no hair. Maybe it's depleted uranium. Maybe you were poisoned.” It's a little too late.
I found the references interesting in this report. I became very interested in Gulf War syndrome early on because I was affected myself. Being a nurse, being around the military hospital at the time, I saw a lot of people who had weird symptoms and a lot of weird things happening. No one could tell them what the hell was going on. When the Internet started up, we started researching. We've stayed abreast of what has been going on internationally, mainly with the Americans and the Brits. Canada did an interesting study back in 1998, the Goss Gilroy report. They were pressured by me and other vocal veterans to do something. They had opened a clinic and then closed it. Dr. Ken Scott was in charge. There was a phone line; it was disconnected. When they decided to do this report, it was like, wow, they're actually kind of interested. The only problem is it's a self-reporting questionnaire that has never been peer reviewed or had a follow-up. We know in the report of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Veterans' Health that they speak about our corps of engineers in Doha.