US troops exposed to polluted air in Iraq, researchers report
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 03:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Military personnel and contractors stationed in Iraq risk not only enemy gunfire, suicide bombers, and roadside bombs, but the very air they breathe often is polluted with dust and other particles of a size and composition that could pose immediate and long-term health threats, scientists reported today at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.