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UK servicemen blame chemical exposure at Iraq water plant in 2003 for ill health

UK servicemen blame chemical exposure at Iraq water plant in 2003 for ill health

  • At least 88 RAF soldiers guarded Qarmat Ali site which was contaminated with sodium dichromate
  • Former British, American personnel have reported ailments from nosebleeds to cancer
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