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Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. Up to 250,000 Gulf War veterans have 'unexplained medical symptoms'. As many as 250,000 veterans of the first Gulf War "have persistent unexplained medical symptoms" whose cause may never be found, although genetic testing and functional brain imaging may eventually shed some light on the problem. Washington Post [Registration Required]  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040904712.html Helena Chemical Co. wins suit against community activist. On Wednesday, a jury found a southern New Mexico activist guilty of defamation and harassment against a chemical company that he and 22 community members had sued, alleging that the company’s emissions were sickening local children. New Mexico Independent, New Mexico. http://newmexicoindependent.com/51155/helena-chemical-company-wins-case-against-community-activist Last four Upper Big Branch miners found dead. Four miners unaccounted for since a massive underground explosion Monday were found dead early this morning, pushing the death toll at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine to 29 and making it the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in 40 years. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201004090857 Massey ignored ventilation citations in months before blast. In the months before the deadly explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, company officials were engaged in major disputes with state and federal regulators over serious ventilation problems at the sprawling underground mine. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. http://wvgazette.com/News/201004090772 Mines avoid crackdowns by challenging safety citations. A surge in the number of challenges to mine safety citations has clogged a federal appeals process, allowing 32 coal mines to avoid tougher enforcement measures last year, government safety officials said Friday. Washington Post [Registration Required]  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/09/AR2010040905653.html Massey’s Blankenship fought regulators, town, maid. Don Blankenship, chief executive officer of Massey Energy Co., has fought with mine regulators, unions, residents of his town and even his personal maid. He has personally gone into mines to persuade workers to abandon union organizing efforts. Bloomberg News http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601108&sid=aSOuh0fn.YnU