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5/12/2011

According to researchers, U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait have inhaled microscopic dust particles laden with toxic metals, bacteria, and fungi, a toxic combination that may explain a wide range of illnesses, including respiratory, neurological, and heart ailments. Early in the 2003 Iraq War, a rare flu — eosinophilic pneumonia — infected 18 and killed two servicemembers in Iraq. Researchers theorized that the bacteria entered troops' lungs through dust or bacteria in tobacco in foreign cigarettes.