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Linking Illness with Service May Be Difficult to Prove

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A new study from the Institute of Medicine finds veterans from the 1991 Gulf War exposed to oil well fires may have an increased risk of lung cancer.A Wisconsin Gulf War vet says he hopes the Veterans administraton will use the study to encourage more veterans to be tested for lung related ailments. Gil Halsted reports…

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