Operation desert crust
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18625007.100

Gulf war veterans may be surprised by an admission buried in a patent
filed by the US government's Naval Research Laboratory: the
polyacrylamide compound used since the second world war to stop dust
blowing off desert airfields and roads degrades to an acrylamide
monomer that is "a known neurotoxin to humans", says the patent.

So the lab has developed a safe alternative. Granulated sugar or corn
syrup is mixed with dishwashing liquid, phosphate, starch and water
to form a hard crust on dusty land or sand. Tests by the Marine Corps
in the desert near Yuma, Arizona, show the crust can withstand the
downdraught from heavy-lift helicopters. It can also protect dusty
land against wind erosion (WO 2005/021674).
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Jagmedic wrote:
Force Health Issue/deployment health Issue:
[1] will we ever know where and when the polyacrylamide compound was
use?

[2] will DoD or VA acknowledge this is "adverse health exposure"?

[3] will anyone (veteran) come forward to say they had any contact
with this material?

Just because this material was used in the past, doesn't mean it will
not affect our health today.

Jagmedic