A little letter mentioning the blood and tissue collection going on for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. I wonder how we may get information as to what they are finding.

GAO/PEMD-94-30    AUG/5/94    (35 PAGES) OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM---   "QUESTIONS REMAIN ON POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS" 5/AUG/94 REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS, U.S. SENATE. STATEMENTS OF KWAI-CHEUNG CHAN, ISSUE AREA DIRECTOR, PROGRAM EVALUATION AND METHODOLOGY DIVISION. EXCERPT FROM PAGE 29......                                "KUWAIT-PERSIAN GULF REGISTRY"            THE KUWAIT -PERSIAN GULF REGISTRY AT THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY (AFIP) IS TO BE A CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR TISSUE, BODY FLUIDS, AND CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DATA RELATED TO PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN THE KUWAIT THEATRE OF OPERATIONS.   THIS MATERIAL IS TO BE COLLECTED, CATALOGUED, AND STORED FROM OVER 230 MILITARY HOSPITALS.           AFIP HAS ANALYZED BIOPSIES AND SOME BLOOD SPECIMENS FROM PERSIAN GULF VETERANS FOR METAL CONTENT AND, TO DATE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF UNIQUE OR NEW DISEASES OR STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE INCIDENCE WELL-KNOWN DISEASES.           IT IS ALSO ANTICIPATED THAT AUTOPSY MATERIAL FROM PERSIAN GULF VETERANS WILL BE FORWARDED FROM VA AND MILITARY HOSPITALS TO AFIP FOR REVIEW AND INCLUSION IN THE REGISTRY.  AFIP ALSO PLANS TO COLLECT GENITO-URINARY ORGANS OF BOTH SEXES IN ITS USUAL SAMPLING AND STUDY DURING AUTOPSIES BE PERFORMED IN THE FUTURE ON GULF VETERANS.           AFIP ALSO CONDUCTED AUTOPSIES ON 302 MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO DIED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.   HISTOPATHOLOGIC EXAMINATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN 60 CASES.   TO DATE, ACCORDING TO AFIP, NO PATHOLOGIC LESIONS COULD BE CLEARLY RELATED OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE.