21.   Vietnamese as well as many U.S. veterans blame a variety of illnesses on exposure to the defoliant, including miscarriages, birth defects, cancers and nervous disorders.

22.   While thimerosal contains a different form of mercury than the one that has been implicated in nervous disorders, critics have complained that it also may pose a hazard.

23.   In some states there was evidence that animals with central nervous disorders were entering the food chain without BSE being ruled out.

24.   Kutsumi, who is married with two grown-up children, has reportedly benn diagnosed as suffering from bronchial asthma, a liver ailment as well as a nervous disorder.

25.   The association said Abiola, jailed for declaring himself president, was suffering from a nervous disorder which required urgent medical care not available in Nigeria.