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You could be right, who knows, and I don't have the medical expertise to say either way. I'm not arguing either. However, I can show you where the holes are in your theory.
First, Patriot missiles aren't just loaded up and sent to war. Or any other ordinance for that matter. There are a lot of missiles and rockets in inventory and they are shot a lot in training in the U.S. and all over the world. Take the TOW missile: I've fired four in one day, and was in the vicinity of hundreds. The AT-4, Javelin, and Dragon (before it was replaced): we line soldiers up by the hundred during heavy train-up and fire away. On a cold morning the fumes stay low and we just sit in it where it accumulates in firing positions. I'm sure air defense does so with Stingers. No one has symptoms for why?
Patriots were fired in populated areas. Look at Israel. No civ symptoms for why?
Also, when Patriots were fired during the Gulf War, it was because Scuds or other similar projectiles were incoming. When enemy missiles get picked up by radar, EVERYONE within range goes immediately to the highest NBC protective posture. Which back then was MOPP-4. That's overgarment, hood, gloves, boots, mask and everything. They stay in that posture a long time. Only commanders can lower the posture; they only do so after chemical alarms have been given time to go off, chemical officers plot the possible dirty areas and fallout coverage, M256 kits come back with negative air content results several times, FOX teams go out and test soil/surfaces, units report no damage, etc etc. Units in questionable proximity to a possible contamination are moved to deliberate decon sites; it all takes a long long time. I would say that out in the open desert, propellants are long since dissipated by the time NBC protective posture is lowered. We are talking many hours for people in the region close enough to a Patriot battery that is close enough to fire. That theory is a long shot.
If you are certain you have found the cause of a problem, then someone who can verify or eliminate the theory should get to hear it. I'll give you the contact info. I recommend that you query with a professional letter before sending unsolicited document packets. Make it short and straight forward; no more than a couple pages and no fancy fonts or clip art. Compile a clear documentaion of your theory (answering who, what, when, where, and why) and have it on hand before you query. Be patient. Remember you are dealing with the government. They are slow and not drastically better educated than the people who built your PC and not any more competent than the FedEx guy who ships it to you. People as smart and talented as they portray them in movies start in government but get recruited into billion dollar corporations very fast. Use that time to edit and refine your theory.
This is the Walter Reed Army Instituse of Research. (A branch of the medical facility. Walter Reed handles and tracks the nation's war casualties and serious illnesses. After coming in from Landsthul or Hawaii, this is where they recieve the highest level of care.) WRAIR:
Public Affairs Officer:
(301) 319-9471
Email: DY@na.amedd.army.mil
United States Army Medical Research Inistitute for Chemical Defense:
Telephone
410-436-3628 or DSN 584-3628
FAX
410-436-1960 or DSN 584-1960
Address
Commander
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
3100 Ricketts Point Road
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400
United States Army Medical Research & Material Command:
chuck.dasey@det.amedd.army.mil;usam....amedd.army.mil
This is one place to solicit help from people with leverage. THE ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS OF THE UNITED STATES:
9320 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1653
Both these places listen to comments and may act if you gain their attention:
U.S. MEDICINE
2021 L Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 463-6000
Email: usmedicine@usmedicine.com
and
USMI
2021 L Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 463-6000
Email: info@usminstitute.org
This link may help you in researching for your proposal/theory. Deployment Health Medical Research Library:
deploymentlink.osd.mil/deploymed/
Gulf War Medical Research Library:
http://gulflink.osd.mil/medsearch/
Once again, be patient. If anyone acts in the government, first they will contract an outside observation panel to study who would be the best observation panel to contract for interviewing applications from contractors bidding to pick the actual observation panel that will draft ten recommendations for funding of a study group who will research the merits of giving the project its actual funding and then if approved the parent institute will use their own people. (Any operation that requires two men and a car also ends up having an office of fifty people and twenty rental cars to justify the red tape.) But don't be discouraged. That is not your problem. All you have to do is be patient. | | | thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=22526
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