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Depleted Uranium (DU) – A One Page Tutorial: Deadly,
easy to understand, a risk for US soldiers and Iraqi civilians
News-U-Need-R-U Staff, February 8, 2006
White Plains, NY. DU is a radioactive, heavy metal
denser than lead, which allows it to penetrate armor easily.
Additionally, when DU hits a tank's metal armor, the heat
of the impact can melt the armor and generate clouds of
DU dust which can be inhaled or ingested by soldiers or
civilians. The DU particles lodged inside bodies become
a nightmare for health hazard.
Terry Jemison of the Department of Veterans Affairs reported
this week to the American Free Press that “Gulf-era
veterans” now on medical disability since 1991 number
518,739, with only 7,035 reported wounded in Iraq in
that same 14-year period. Also, the Free Press reported
that eight out of 20 men who served in one unit in the 2003
U.S. military offensive in Iraq now have malignancies. That
means that 40 percent of the soldiers in that unit have
developed malignancies in just 16 months.
Since these soldiers were exposed to vaccines and depleted
uranium (DU) only, this is strong evidence for researchers
and scientists working on this issue, that DU is the definitive
cause of Gulf War Syndrome
This evidence shows that of the three effects that DU has
on biological systems - radiation, chemical and particulate
– the particulate effect from nano-size particles
is the most dominant one immediately after exposure and
targets the Master Code in the DNA. This is bad news,
but it explains why DU causes a myriad of diseases that
are difficult to define.
In simple words, DU “trashes the body.” When
asked if the main purpose for using it was for destroying
things and killing people, Fulk (Marion Fulk, a nuclear
physical chemist retired from the Livermore Nuclear Weapons
Lab) was more specific: “I would say that it is the
perfect weapon for killing lots of people.”
In early September 2003, Army National Guard Spec. Gerard
Darren Matthew was sent home from Iraq, stricken by a sudden
illness. One side of Matthew's face would swell up each
morning. He had constant migraine headaches, blurred vision,
blackouts and a burning sensation whenever he urinated.
Shortly after his return, his wife became pregnant. On June
29, 2004, she gave birth to a baby girl who was
missing three fingers and most of her right hand. He has
seen photos of Iraqi babies born with deformities that are
eerily similar.
Matthew believed that his illness and his daughter's deformity
were caused by his exposure to depleted uranium (DU), a
component used in tank armor and weapon shells. He asked
the Army to test his urine for DU, but never got the test
results. Finally Matthew sought help from the New York Daily
News to arrange for independent urine testing for DU. He
tested positive for depleted uranium (DU).
The U.S. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research
Institute has found that DU produced chromosome
(genetic) damage and caused delayed reproductive
death (J. Inorg. Biochem. 2002,
91: 246-52 and J. Environ. Radioact. 2003, 64:
247-59). In 2002, the United Nations Sub-Commission
on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights declared
that DU was a weapon of mass destruction, and its
use a breach of international law.
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Articles referenced: 062505Iraq Vets Speak of DU Poison,
www.rocklandaction.org and
A death sentence here and abroad
by Leuren Moret http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml