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DU Munitions = Serious Radiation Exposure
430,000 US troops in contaminated areas
19-Mar-06 |
Huge amounts of Depleted Uranium is generated in the process of enriching uranium for nuclear reactors. Denser and more penetrating than lead, DU has proven to be extremely effective when used for penetrators fired from antitank guns. |
State to Study Depleted Uranium
By Brad Shannon
15-Mar-06 |
Washington would become the third state to study the effects of Depleted Uranium on returning National Guard troops under a budget legislators approved last week. |
Allowing Veterans a Choice
By Congressman Lane Evans
9-Mar-06 |
Evans, Berkley Introduces Legislation to Allow Veterans a Choice in
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Lawmakers want aid for troops
By Colin McDonald
25-Feb-06 |
Bill calls for federal funding to test, treat veterans exposed to depleted uranium. |
Depleted Uranium and US Veterans
By John Hepler
21-Feb-06 |
After all the huff about Weapons of Mass Destruction, it is ironic that the US Military use of Depleted Uranium in Iraq perfectly meets the definition of WMDs. |
Contamination of Europe
By Chris Busby and Saoirse Morgan
15-Jan-06 |
Did the use of Uranium weapons in Gulf War 2 result in contamination of Europe? Evidence from the measurements of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK. |
Illnesses Tied to New Agent Orange
Herbert Reed
9-Nov-05 |
Veterans charge illnesses tied to new form of Agent Orange. U.S. officials accused of knowingly putting soldiers in contaminated areas. Herbert Reed, 51, formerly of the United States Army Reserves, along with his unit, is suing the United States government. |
Thirteen Years of Denied Medical Testing
By Dr. Doug Rokke, PhD
29-Apr-04 |
Finally after 13 years of denied medical testing and care for the majority of depleted uranium casualties, numerous requests for medical care, and continued use of uranium munitions Colonel Paula K. Underwood, M.C., in the U.S. Army Office of the Surgeon General has distributed the following official U.S. Army policy. |
New Antibodies Discovered in Gulf War Syndrome Patients
By Russell B. Wilson, PhD
01-Apr-06 |
Autoimmune Technologies LLC, a New Orleans biomedical company, today announced the publication of a research study that found anti-squalene antibodies in a very high percentage of Gulf War Syndrome patients. The study, by Drs. P. B. Asa, Y. Cao and R. F. Garry, appears in the February 2000 issue of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. |
Depleted Uranium Munitions Study Act
HR-2410-IH
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To require certain studies regarding the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions, to require the cleanup and mitigation of depleted uranium contamination at sites of depleted uranium munition use and production in the United States, and for other purposes. |
