The Request For Investigation

• August 29, 1997            Congressman Jack Metcalf requested the General Accounting Ollice (GAO) investigate reports that the presence of antibodies for squalene had been discovered in the blood of some sick Gulf War-era veterns. The assay (test) being used
  to detect the antibodies had been developed at Tulane University by Dr. Robert Garry, world renavvned virologist. [Appendix 1]
  
  At the time of Congressman Metcalf's request, the research by Drs Garry, ASA and Cao had not yet been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Their work, "Antibodies
  to Squalene in Gulf War Syndrome.'' was published in the February 2000 issue of Experimental and Molecular Pathology (Appendix 2)
  
  

NOTE: Squalene is a component of adjuvant formulations used in some
experimental vaccines but not in any licensed vaccines. Squalene is found in
shark liver oil, some vegetable oils, and the human liver and can also be
manufactured through chemical engineering. (GAO/NSIAD-99-5).

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