Thank you, Dr. McDiarmid, for appearing before us today. Also, my thanks to the veterans in the room who have served our country, and also to veterans possibly in your room who have served your country. They're much appreciated. We all appreciate their service.
I want to refer to your research titled, "The Gulf War Depleted Uranium Cohort at 20 years: Bioassay Results and Novel Approaches to Fragment Surveillance”. Your conclusion states:
No urine U measure with a 'depleted' isotopic signature has been detected in U.S. veterans without a history of retained DU embedded fragments from previous injury. These findings suggest that future DU-related health harm is unlikely in veterans without DU fragments.
Could you elaborate on these findings? You've been doing that already, but perhaps you could speak to that specifically.