Something in the air may cause lung damage in troops

Breathing problems in soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are traced to deposits in tiny air passages of the lungs

July 20, 2011 at 5:06 pm - More than 2 years ago

Some soldiers serving in the Middle East who develop difficulty breathing — but whose chest X-rays show nothing out of the ordinary — have constrictive bronchiolitis, a kind of lung damage virtually unknown in young adults, a study shows.