Army on alert after a number of soldiers and officers have gotten health problems aft

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Took this from another forum. If anyone can fix the title, which is supposed to read:
Army on alert after a number of soldiers and officers have gotten health problems after shooting the HK416

http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/03/06/nyheter.../helse/5158015/

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- Army on alert after a number of soldiers and officers have gotten health problems after shooting the HK416.
- On 3 different occasions about 40 shooters have reported nausea, headache, sore throat, pain in chest, throat and mouth, pain in joints, fever, sleeping problems, exessive sweating.
- Reports from 2th December 2008 from Home Guards Officers School stating that 19 cadets and officers needed to cancel physical fitness training because of above mentioned problems.
- Same happened on 28th January 2009. 8 officers started to get symptoms during shooting.
- 17th February OMLT in Afghanistan reported health problems after shooting, soldiers often cophing for hours after shooting
- Chief of Staff Army has started a full investigation.
- Main focus is on propellant fumes from the new 5,56mm environmentally friendly ammunition, made by NAMMO.
- FLO (the armed forces logistical organization) has allready asked NAMMO to do research on the ammunition fumes.
 
Anything with a name as dumb as "Environmentally Friendly" ammunition has to have some drawbacks.This is because anyone dumb enough to be woried about the environmental impact of ammunition has their priorities totally backward .
 
The title should read "Army on alert after a number of soldiers and officers have gotten health problems after shooting new ammo".

HK416 wasn't the problem, by the sounds of it.
 
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