Editing Project SHAD (section)

==Declassification==
Public Law 107–314 required the identification and release of not only Project 112 information to the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|United States Veterans Administration]], but also that of any other projects or tests where a veteran might have been exposed to a [[Weapon of mass destruction|chemical or biological warfare]] agent, and directed the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] to work with veterans and veterans service organizations to identify the other projects or tests conducted by the Department of Defense that may have exposed members of the Armed Forces to chemical or biological agents.<ref name="BobStump">{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ314/html/PLAW-107publ314.htm |title=107th Congress Public Law 314, BOB STUMP NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=December 2, 2002 |website=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=October 1, 2013}}</ref> In 2000, the Department of Defense began the process of declassifying records about the project.  According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, approximately 6,000 U.S. Service members were believed to be involved in conducting the tests.<ref>[http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/shad/basics.asp About Project 112 and Project SHAD] US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs</ref>  In 2002, the Department of Defense began publishing [https://web.archive.org/web/20130726040015/http://mcm.dhhq.health.mil/cb_exposures/project112_shad/shadfactSheets.aspx a list of fact sheets for each of the tests.]