Saturday, January 01, 2005
Depleted Uranium is not a good thing when used in weaponry
HOW DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS ARE KILLING OUR TROOPS *PIC*
THREE EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM INTERNAL EXPOSURE
Chemical, Radiological, & Particulate - Sometimes commenters (usually Trolls) at Eschaton make noises about how DU is not dangerous. They claim to be scientists or biologists and/or have other experience in this field. I believe that DU causes some horrible health problems. There are lots of articles to back up that claim, but not NATO. NATO "Although a very large body of existing scientific and medical research clearly established that such a link between Depleted Uranium ammunition and the reported illnesses was extremely unlikely, NATO Secretary General George Robertson immediately established an Ad Hoc Committee on Depleted Uranium to serve as a clearing house for information to be shared among interested nations." Here's a goody from 2002 Fact Sheet on the Health Effects of Depleted Uranium This "fact sheet" says that DU poses no serious health risks, has not effected the health of Gulf War veterans, and does not cause birth defects. If I wanted to get rid of my arsenal of DU covered warheads, I would say that, too.
The thing is, who are you to believe? Those veterans are experiencing some sort of illness. Those birth defects are caused by something. The amounts of defects shot up after the Gulf War. How come? Or is it one of those things that we're not supposed to question? Two very interesting articles:
Radiation experts warn in unpublished report that DU weapons used by Allies in Gulf war pose long-term health risk By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor WHO ‘suppressed’ scientific study into depleted uranium cancer fears in Iraq
and written by Dr. Rosalie Bertell who makes the comment "Desert Storm veterans along with the people of Iraq and Kuwait were victims of one of the latest military experiments on human beings. I believe that the ignorance was culpable and criminal." Gulf War Syndrome, Depleted Uranium and the Dangers of Low-Level Radiation
THREE EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM INTERNAL EXPOSURE
Chemical, Radiological, & Particulate - Sometimes commenters (usually Trolls) at Eschaton make noises about how DU is not dangerous. They claim to be scientists or biologists and/or have other experience in this field. I believe that DU causes some horrible health problems. There are lots of articles to back up that claim, but not NATO. NATO "Although a very large body of existing scientific and medical research clearly established that such a link between Depleted Uranium ammunition and the reported illnesses was extremely unlikely, NATO Secretary General George Robertson immediately established an Ad Hoc Committee on Depleted Uranium to serve as a clearing house for information to be shared among interested nations." Here's a goody from 2002 Fact Sheet on the Health Effects of Depleted Uranium This "fact sheet" says that DU poses no serious health risks, has not effected the health of Gulf War veterans, and does not cause birth defects. If I wanted to get rid of my arsenal of DU covered warheads, I would say that, too.
The thing is, who are you to believe? Those veterans are experiencing some sort of illness. Those birth defects are caused by something. The amounts of defects shot up after the Gulf War. How come? Or is it one of those things that we're not supposed to question? Two very interesting articles:
Radiation experts warn in unpublished report that DU weapons used by Allies in Gulf war pose long-term health risk By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor WHO ‘suppressed’ scientific study into depleted uranium cancer fears in Iraq
and written by Dr. Rosalie Bertell who makes the comment "Desert Storm veterans along with the people of Iraq and Kuwait were victims of one of the latest military experiments on human beings. I believe that the ignorance was culpable and criminal." Gulf War Syndrome, Depleted Uranium and the Dangers of Low-Level Radiation
