Carcinogens found at Saudi air base U.S. airmen use

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: November 29, 2002| Author: R.W. Rogers | Copyright information

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Cancer-causing chemicals have been found at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, where for a decade American airmen have been sent to help patrol the southern no-fly zone over Iraq.

Air Force researchers found nine confirmed or suspected carcinogens in air and water samples taken at the sprawling U.S. base 70 miles southeast of Riyadh. Five more contaminants considered potential cancer-causers also were detected, according to a study based on data collected betwe...

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