112 STAT. 3318
PUBLIC LAW 105-368—NOV. 11, 1998
to the National Academy of Sciences shall be treated as a reference
to such other organization.
(c) REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.— (1) Under the agreement
under subsection (b), the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of the available scientific and medical information regarding the health status of Gulf
War veterans and the health consequences of exposures to risk
factors during service in the Persian Gulf War. In conducting such
review and evaluation, the Academy shall—
(A) identify the biological, chemical, or other toxic agents,
environmental or wartime hazards, or preventive medicines
or vaccines (including the agents specified in subsection (d)(1))
to which members of the Armed Forces who served in the
Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf
War may have been exposed by reason of such service;
(B) identify the illnesses associated with the agents,
hazards, or medicines or vaccines identified under subparagraph (A); and
(C) identify the illnesses (including diagnosed illnesses and
undiagnosed illnesses) for which there is scientific evidence
of a higher prevalence among populations of Gulf War veterans
when compared with other appropriate populations of individuals.
(2) In identifying illnesses under subparagraphs (B) and (C)
of paragraph (1), the Academy shall review and summarize the
relevant scientific evidence regarding illnesses, including symptoms,
adverse reproductive health outcomes, and mortality, among the
members described in paragraph (1)(A) and among other appropriate populations of individuals.
(3) In conducting the review and evaluation under paragraph
(1), the Academy shall, for each illness identified under subparagraph (B) or (C) of that paragraph, assess the latency period,
if any, between service or exposure to any potential risk factor
(including an agent, hazard, or medicine or vaccine identified under
subparagraph (A) of that paragraph) and the manifestation of such
illness.
(d) SPECIFIED AGENTS.—(1) In identifying under subsection
(c)(1)(A) the agents, hazards, or preventive medicines or vaccines
to which members of the Armed Forces may have been exposed,
the National Academy of Sciences shall consider the following:
(A) The following organophosphorous pesticides:
(i) Chlorpyrifos.
(ii) Diazinon.
(iii) Dichlorvos.
(iv) Malathion.
(B) The following carbamate pesticides:
(i) Proxpur.
(ii) Carbaryl.
(iii) Methomyl.
(C) The carbamate pyridostigmine bromide used as nerve
agent prophylaxis.
(D) The following chlorinated hydrocarbons and other
pesticides and repellents:
(i) Lindane.
(ii) Pyrethrins.
(iii) Permethrins.
(iv) Rodenticides (bait).
�
