Het resultaat van grootschalig gebruik van verarmd uranium.
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Poison Dust
*A NEW LOOK AT U.S. RADIOACTIVE WEAPONS.
**Join us in a campaign to expose and stop the use of these illegal weapons*
On November 1, the BBC reported that the U.S. and British governments
have continued to use radioactive and chemically toxic Depleted Uranium
weapons in Iraq, disregarding warnings that these weapons pose a cancer
risk and are linked to numerous other health issues.
According to the article, a report by a senior UN scientist said
research showing how depleted uranium could cause cancer and other
health problems was suppressed in a recent World Health Organization report:
But Dr Keith Baverstock, who worked on the project, ...described a
process known as genotoxicity, which begins when depleted uranium
dust is inhaled. "The particles that dissolve pose a risk - part
radioactive - and part from the chemical toxicity in the lung," he
said. Later, he said, the material enters the body and the blood
stream, potentially affecting bone marrow, the lymphatic system and
the kidneys. The research was not included in the WHO report, and
Dr Baverstock believes it was blocked.
During the current Iraq War the U.S. use of radioactive DU weapons
increased from 375 tons used in 1991 to 2200 tons. Geiger counter
readings at sites in downtown Baghdad record radiation levels 1,000 and
2,000 times higher than background radiation. The Pentagon has bombed,
occupied, tortured and contaminated Iraq. Millions of Iraqis are
affected. Over one million U.S. soldiers have rotated into Iraq. Today,
half of the 697,000 U.S. Gulf War troops from the 1991 war have reported
serious medical problems and a significant increase in birth defects
among their newborn children.
The effects on the Iraqi population are far greater. Many other
countries and U.S. communities near DU weapons plants, testing
facilities, bases and arsenals have also been exposed to this
radioactive material which has a half-life of 4.4 billions years.'
Poison Dust*A NEW LOOK AT U.S. RADIOACTIVE WEAPONS.
**Join us in a campaign to expose and stop the use of these illegal weapons*
On November 1, the BBC reported that the U.S. and British governments
have continued to use radioactive and chemically toxic Depleted Uranium
weapons in Iraq, disregarding warnings that these weapons pose a cancer
risk and are linked to numerous other health issues.
According to the article, a report by a senior UN scientist said
research showing how depleted uranium could cause cancer and other
health problems was suppressed in a recent World Health Organization report:
But Dr Keith Baverstock, who worked on the project, ...described a
process known as genotoxicity, which begins when depleted uranium
dust is inhaled. "The particles that dissolve pose a risk - part
radioactive - and part from the chemical toxicity in the lung," he
said. Later, he said, the material enters the body and the blood
stream, potentially affecting bone marrow, the lymphatic system and
the kidneys. The research was not included in the WHO report, and
Dr Baverstock believes it was blocked.
During the current Iraq War the U.S. use of radioactive DU weapons
increased from 375 tons used in 1991 to 2200 tons. Geiger counter
readings at sites in downtown Baghdad record radiation levels 1,000 and
2,000 times higher than background radiation. The Pentagon has bombed,
occupied, tortured and contaminated Iraq. Millions of Iraqis are
affected. Over one million U.S. soldiers have rotated into Iraq. Today,
half of the 697,000 U.S. Gulf War troops from the 1991 war have reported
serious medical problems and a significant increase in birth defects
among their newborn children.
The effects on the Iraqi population are far greater. Many other
countries and U.S. communities near DU weapons plants, testing
facilities, bases and arsenals have also been exposed to this
radioactive material which has a half-life of 4.4 billions years.'
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