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Low-level blast injury: What is the current state of record-keeping and research for UK forces and veterans?

  • Created: Tue 23 June 2026 16:58
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The Australian Department of Defence announced a couple of months ago that it had commissioned a major Army study into how repeated low-level blast exposure may affect soldiers’ long-term cognitive function. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) now has a paywalled story that:

Secret report warns ADF weapons risk brain injuries to troops
Secret Defence documents have revealed Australia’s military was warned 15 years ago that firing ADF weapons posed a brain damage risk to its personnel, with no program yet established.

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