Briefings and Reports

A number of studies, reports and briefings have been done on chemical and biological warfare exposures. The major documents are provided below (click on the document to open it).

Government Accountability Office Reports:

• Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report: GAO-04-410, DOD Needs to Continue to Collect and Provide Information on Tests and on Potentially Exposed Personnel, May 2004
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report: GAO-08-366, DOD and VA Need to Improve Efforts to Identify and Notify Individuals Potentially Exposed during Chemical and Biological Tests, February 2008

Institute of Medicine Reports:

• Institute of Medicine Study: Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD, 2007
• Supplement to Institute of Medicine Study: Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD, “Health Effects of Perceived Exposure to Biochemical Warfare Agents, 2004”

Congressional Testimony:

• Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Hearing: Military Exposures: The Continuing Challenges of Care and Compensation, July 10, 2002
• House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, Hearing: Military Operations Aspects of SHAD and Project 112, October 9, 2002
• Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Personnel, Prepared Statement of Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, on Shipboard Hazard and Defense, October 10, 2002

DoD Briefings and Reports:

• Military Service Organizations/Veterans Service Organizations Briefing: Chemical/Biological Exposure Databases, September 17, 2009
• Military Service Organizations/Veterans Service Organizations Briefing: Chemical/Biological Exposure Databases, February 21, 2008
• Extracts from 2003 Report to Congress Disclosure of Information on Project 112 to the Department of Veterans Affairs as Directed by PL 107-314, August 1, 2003 – Executive Summary and Disclosure of Information