BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//swoogo.com//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.41.90// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN UID:66633930-6365-4633-b963-323830356632 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1d168f2a6ddcab608f7acda12022b2cabf6b261@swoogo.com DTSTAMP:20261008T010054Z DESCRIPTION:This poster will cover the clinical surveillance by the Veteran s Exposure Team – Health Outcomes Military Exposures (VET-HOME) program fo r Veterans exposed to hexavalent chromium at Qarmat Ali (QA). This cohort includes Veterans who guarded a water treatment facility in the Basrah oil fields at Qarmat Ali\, Iraq in the spring and summer of 2003. At that tim e\, the facility was contaminated with sodium dichromate dust\, a compound containing hexavalent chromium\, which is a known carcinogen associated w ith serious health effects\, including lung cancer\, respiratory tract inf ection\, and skin damage. This poster will provide preliminary findings fr om the successful completion of follow-up evaluations for the cohort of Ve terans deployed to Qarmat Ali. In the fall of 2024\, the Army Public Healt h Center provided VET-HOME with a list of 1\,219 separated service members who were thought to be present at QA. Another 364 individuals were added based on responses to questions about QA service during prior Gulf War Reg istry exams. This initial cohort consisted of 1\,583 individuals. After ex cluding those who were deceased\, dishonorably discharged\, lacked contact information\, were active duty\, or were not registered in the VA\, there were 1\,365 individuals who were eligible for VET-HOME outreach. Of these \, 703 could not be reached\, 452 had exams completed\, 143 declined the e xam\, and 67 were no shows. Of the 78deceased Veterans\, 22 had various me dical issues\, 16 died by traumatic injury or drug overdose\, 15 had cance r\, and 25 did not have documentation regarding their cause of death. Prel iminary reviews of the 452 individuals seen by VET-HOME (33% of the eligib le population) did not reveal evidence for an increased risk of adverse he alth outcomes specifically associated with hexavalent chromium exposure. T his poster reflects VA’s ongoing commitment to Veterans with military envi ronmental exposures. DTSTART:20260303T220000Z DTEND:20260304T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T010054Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:#213 Clinical Surveillance of Veterans Exposed to Hexavalent Chromi um at Qarmat Ali TRANSP:OPAQUE X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This poster will cover the clinical surveil lance by the Veterans Exposure Team – Health Outcomes Military Exposures ( VET-HOME) program for Veterans exposed to hexavalent chromium at Qarmat Al i (QA). This cohort includes Veterans who guarded a water treatment facili ty in the Basrah oil fields at Qarmat Ali\, Iraq in the spring and summer of 2003. At that time\, the facility was contaminated with sodium dichroma te dust\, a compound containing hexavalent chromium\, which is a known car cinogen associated with serious health effects\, including lung cancer\, r espiratory tract infection\, and skin damage. This poster will provide pre liminary findings from the successful completion of follow-up evaluations for the cohort of Veterans deployed to Qarmat Ali. In the fall of 2024\, t he Army Public Health Center provided VET-HOME with a list of 1\,219 separ ated service members who were thought to be present at QA. Another 364 ind ividuals were added based on responses to questions about QA service durin g prior Gulf War Registry exams. This initial cohort consisted of 1\,583 i ndividuals. After excluding those who were deceased\, dishonorably dischar ged\, lacked contact information\, were active duty\, or were not register ed in the VA\, there were 1\,365 individuals who were eligible for VET-HOM E outreach. Of these\, 703 could not be reached\, 452 had exams completed\ , 143 declined the exam\, and 67 were no shows. Of the 78deceased Veterans \, 22 had various medical issues\, 16 died by traumatic injury or drug ove rdose\, 15 had cancer\, and 25 did not have documentation regarding their cause of death. Preliminary reviews of the 452 individuals seen by VET-HOM E (33% of the eligible population) did not reveal evidence for an increase d risk of adverse health outcomes specifically associated with hexavalent chromium exposure. This poster reflects VA’s ongoing commitment to Veteran s with military environmental exposures.

BEGIN:VALARM UID:39623733-6439-4363-b338-313934323464 ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:This poster will cover the clinical surveillance by the Veteran s Exposure Team – Health Outcomes Military Exposures (VET-HOME) program fo r Veterans exposed to hexavalent chromium at Qarmat Ali (QA). This cohort includes Veterans who guarded a water treatment facility in the Basrah oil fields at Qarmat Ali\, Iraq in the spring and summer of 2003. At that tim e\, the facility was contaminated with sodium dichromate dust\, a compound containing hexavalent chromium\, which is a known carcinogen associated w ith serious health effects\, including lung cancer\, respiratory tract inf ection\, and skin damage. This poster will provide preliminary findings fr om the successful completion of follow-up evaluations for the cohort of Ve terans deployed to Qarmat Ali. In the fall of 2024\, the Army Public Healt h Center provided VET-HOME with a list of 1\,219 separated service members who were thought to be present at QA. Another 364 individuals were added based on responses to questions about QA service during prior Gulf War Reg istry exams. This initial cohort consisted of 1\,583 individuals. After ex cluding those who were deceased\, dishonorably discharged\, lacked contact information\, were active duty\, or were not registered in the VA\, there were 1\,365 individuals who were eligible for VET-HOME outreach. Of these \, 703 could not be reached\, 452 had exams completed\, 143 declined the e xam\, and 67 were no shows. Of the 78deceased Veterans\, 22 had various me dical issues\, 16 died by traumatic injury or drug overdose\, 15 had cance r\, and 25 did not have documentation regarding their cause of death. Prel iminary reviews of the 452 individuals seen by VET-HOME (33% of the eligib le population) did not reveal evidence for an increased risk of adverse he alth outcomes specifically associated with hexavalent chromium exposure. T his poster reflects VA’s ongoing commitment to Veterans with military envi ronmental exposures. TRIGGER:-PT15M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR