Depleted Uranium

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U.S. Importing 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand From Kuwait	Half of the containers will be loaded onto 76 rail cars and transported to an American Ecology disposal site in Idaho. The other half will remain at the port until the trains return to haul them to Idaho. The containers all will be at the disposal site in Idaho within 15 to 30 days. (April 29, 2008)
Depleted uranium detected on Big Isle	The Army has confirmed that depleted uranium from a 1960s weapons system has been found at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. Aug. 21, 2007
Depleted uranium burned at Hill	Less than five pounds of depleted uranium were burned over eight months before it was discovered last month that the parts contained the material, according to officials at Hill Air Force Base. (April 10. 2008)
Depleted Uranium - A Way Out?	The term "Gulf War Syndrome" is now known world-wide – but - after the 1991 Iraq war, as formerly A1 fit soldiers fell ill with debilitating symptoms, in their thousands, the cause was, for two years, a "mystery". It was in 1993, when a group of twenty-four affected soldiers approached Professor Asav Durakovic, one of the world's leading experts in the effects of radiation, that a cause came to light. They had many times the "safe" level of chemically toxic and radioactive depleted uranium (DU) in their bodies. (June 2007)
Doubts remain about depleted uranium	The Army says its Stryker armored vehicles have never fired depleted uranium rounds in Hawaii and there is no intent for them to ever do so. "I guess the community is a little bit worried about (the Army's) credibility, so they would like to set up for monitoring," said Pang, the state Health Department's district officer for Maui County. (May 14, 2007)
National Depleted Uranium Conference 2007	Saturday, May 19,2007 a major conference on depleted uranium is scheduled for East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Depleted Uranium munitions cause concern near Oahu military         base	A number of Hawaii residents are calling for the governor to sign a bill that would test the soil within 500 meters of Schofield Barracks for depleted uranium. (April 26, 2007)
DU: Soldier Health Scare Back in News	While the military continues to deny the connection of depleted uranium to sicknesses plaguing returning servicemen and women, a newly mandated study stemming from legislation signed by President Bush in October is just getting under way. (April 15, 2007)
Australian Soldiers test positive to DU	TWO Australian soldiers who served in the first Iraq war have tested positive to depleted uranium (DU) contamination despite assurances from the federal Government they had not been exposed, an anti-nuclear group said. (March 27, 2007)
Google search "depleted uranium babies" -- see how many pages come up!	WARNING: Very Graphic Photos)
MEETING: Gulf War and Health: Updated Literature Review         of Depleted Uranium	Updated Literature Review of Depleted Uranium will hold a public meeting from 1:00 to 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 22. This meeting will be held in Room 101 at the Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 Fifth St., NW (between E and F St.), Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2007)
“Depleted uranium kills our troops” billboard in Montana	Chip Clawson of the Montana Depleted Uranium Education Project says he raised money to have installed for the month, in an attempt to increase public awareness of the dangers depleted uranium has on American veterans. (March 6, 2007)
Depleted Uranium: Pernicious Killer Keeps on Killing	By Craig Etchison, Ph.D. (Feb. 19, 2007)
Army made video warning about dangers of depleted uranium          but never showed it to troops	A special investigation on the effects of depleted uranium reveals the Army made a tape warning of the effects of depleted uranium which was never shown to troops despite the fact the Pentagon knew the agent to be potentially deadly, CNN reports Tuesday.  (Feb 6, 2007)  Be sure to view the video!!
CNN News Video on Depleted Uranium and Iraqi troops	Do US troops know about the dangers of depleted uranium? CNN's Greg Hunter reports (Feb. 5, 2007)
Uranium 'killing Italian troops'	Italian soldiers are still dying following exposure to depleted uranium in the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, their relatives say.  (Jan. 10, 2007)
Is Depleted Uranium the suspect behind Military Suicides?	The use of depleted uranium (D.U.)—more properly nuclear waste—and other substances in Iraq and Afghanistan cannot be ruled out as a cause of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reported by U.S., Coalition, and NATO veterans.  (Nov. 19, 2006)
DU Informational Website	This Site is UN-CENSORED!
DU behind the surge in Cancer rates in Iraq	The Pentagon refuses to clarify the exact effects of depleted uranium, but Iraqi doctors attribute the significant increase in cancer and birth defects in the region to the U.S. and British troops’ use of DU. (Nov. 2006)
Bill For Depleted-Uranium Screening Passes         California Senate	California veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces are one signature away from having mandated access to health screenings to determine their exposure to depleted uranium.  (Aug. 25, 2006)
Depleted Uranium is WMD by Leuren Moret	Depleted uranium is very, very, very nasty stuff! A MUST READ ARTICLE!  Aug. 2006)
Sickened Iraq Vets Cite Depleted Uranium	Veterans, using their positive test results as evidence, have sued the U.S. Army, claiming officials knew the hazards of depleted uranium, but concealed the risks. August 12, 2006
Britain, U.S. Using Radioactive ‘Dirty Bombs’	Dr. Doug Rokke-World’s foremost expert on the U.S. military’s use of depleted uranium speaks out. July 2006
Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring         Immediate Action	The President of the United States- George W. Bush, the Prime Minister of Great Britain-Tony Blair, and the Prime Minister of Israel Olmert must acknowledge and accept responsibility for willful use of illegal uranium munitions- their own "dirty bombs"- resulting in adverse health and environmental effects. (July 26, 2006)
Leuren Moret & Dr. Mishra Threatened over         DU/Diabetes Worldwide	International radiation expert Leuren Moret talked to Dr Mishra, a famous surgeon from India, the afternoon of July 7, 2006. Dr. Mishra's report was grim. Threats  reported!  (July 2006)
Depleted Uranium - Far Worse Than 9/11	If terrorists succeeded in spreading something throughout the U.S. that ended up causing hundreds of thousands of cancer cases and birth defects over a period of many years, they would be guilty of a crime against humanity that far surpasses the Sept. 11th attacks in scope and severity. Although not deliberate, with our military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have done just that. READ MORE... (April 28, 2006)
Afghan DU horror	Death Made In America - Afghanistan has become the disaster words could not describe! (Note: Very graphic photos) (April 2006)
Study rethinks uranium danger	Military use of depleted uranium, a byproduct of enriching natural uranium for munitions or nuclear power, has been a point of contention since its first widespread use in the first Gulf War, in which 320 tons were used.  (April 2006)
The U.S. Military is in DU Denial	"They ask us to go fight their wars, do the dirty work and then they can’t take care of you.”  (April 2006)
Radioactive Tank No. 9 comes limping home	Across the plains of Kansas, destroyed, radioactive Abrams tanks, perched on railroad flatcars, rolled towards an uncertain future. Only one thing was certain. They would be radioactive forever. This would be their everlasting death mask. The Pentagon deceptively calls it "depleted uranium." (April 2006)
Washington State to study depleted uranium	Washington would become the third state to study the effects of depleted uranium on returning National Guard troops under a budget proviso state legislators approved last week.
Depleted Uranium is "blowing in the wind" by Arun  Shrivastava	March 2, 2006 article - Depleted Uranium is "blowing in the wind" by Arun Shrivastava -- "US Government kills its own soldiers….and us….and lies…and signs deals." “Depleted uranium dust will continue to be an extreme hazard to soldiers, civilians, populations in countries downwind6,8, and the environment as a radiological contaminant to all living systems for ten half-lives or 45 BILLION years.”
Nothing depleted about 'depleted uranium'	Disturbing photos of children (Warning: This is very upsetting)!
The Uranium Medical Research Centre (UMRC)	An independent non-profit organization founded in 1997 to provide objective and expert scientific and medical research into the effects of uranium, transuranium elements, and radionuclides produced by the process of uranium decay and fission. UMRC is also a registered charity in the United States and Canada.  (Added Dec. 19, 2005)
Genotoxic and Inflammatory Effects of Depleted Uranium Particles Inhaled by Rats	A Must Read. (Oct. 2005)
Depleted uranium tests for US troops returning from Iraq	US troops returning from Iraq are for the first time to be offered state-of-the-art radiation testing to check for contamination from depleted uranium - a controversial substance linked by some to cancer and birth defects. 9/28/05
Tests point to health damage of DU in Iraq	No one knows how many U.S. soldiers have been contaminated. Despite regulations authorizing DU tests for anyone who suspects exposure, the military avoids doing them—or delays until they are meaningless, Lindorff writes.  9/6/05
Killing our own with depleted uranium	The United Nations classifies depleted-uranium ammunition as an illegal weapons of mass destruction because of their long-term impacts on the land over which they explode and the long-term health problems they cause when people are exposed to them.   Sept. 2005
Remains of Toxic Bullets Litter Iraq	By Scott Peterson The Christian Science Monitor  (Older article but worth reading!)
DEPLETED URANIUM, ANTHRAX VACCINE AND THE GULF WAR SYNDROME PART 1 of 4	Newly Posted Article By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. (August  2005)
Depleted Uranium Is WMD	by Leuren Moret -- August 09, 2005
Very important document about DU - The Los Alamos Memorandum	"There has been and continues to be a concern regarding the impact of DU on the environment."  (added Aug. 2005)
Silver Bullet: Depleted Uranium	Very informative website concerning DU. (added August 2005)
State Challenging Tests For Depleted Uranium	Connecticut is now the second state in the nation to challenge the validity of the tests the federal government uses to check military personnel for ingested or inhaled depleted uranium dust from U.S. munitions explosions. (July 2005)
Depleted Uranium: States Take Action to Protect Their Soldiers and Veterans	Louisiana recently passed legislation giving all returning veterans the right to get a best practices health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium. Interviewed here is Bob Smith, one of the activists that helped make this bill possible.  (July 2005)
DU Death Toll Tops 11,000	The death toll from the highly toxic weapons component known as depleted uranium (DU) has reached 11,000 soldiers and the growing scandal may be the reason behind Anthony Principi’s departure as secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department. (March 2005)
Depleted Uranium Munitions Disabling Hundreds of Thousands of Vets	“This malady (from uranium munitions), that thousands of our military have suffered and died from, has finally been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating the guessing.  (March 2005)
Details on Depleted Uranium	“DU dust does more than wreak havoc on the immune systems of those who breathe it or touch it; the substance also alters one’s genetic code.”  (March 2005)
Heads Roll At The Veterans Administration:  Mushrooming Depleted Uranium (DU) Scandal Blamed (Jan.28, 2005)	"The malady [from uranium munitions], that thousands of our military have suffered and died from, has finally been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating the guessing. The terrible truth is now being revealed."
Depleted Uranium Training Film	Why Has Our Military Refused to Show This Training Video To Our Troops Now Serving In Iraq?
Little Known use of Depleted Uranium in aircraft exposed !	Depleted Uranium Released During Canadian Plane Crash (Oct. 2004)
"Depleted Uranium Aerosol Dose and Risks: Summary of U. S. Assessments".	Released On October 19, 2004 by the Department of Defense...(Warning: .pdf file)
DU:  "The war's littlest victim"	New York Daily News - September 29th, 2004
Depleted Uranium Blamed for Cancer Clusters Among Iraq War Vets	"half of the recently returned soldiers in one unit from Iraq have “malignant growths” is “critical evidence,” according to experts, that depleted uranium weapons are responsible for the huge number of disabled Gulf War vets – and damage to their DNA." (Aug. 2004)
DU: Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets	by Leuren Moret  (Aug.2004)
Explaining How Depleted Uranium Is Killing Civilians, Soldiers, Land	By Christopher Bollyn . This exclusive report should break the media embargo imposed on the American people. (2004)
DU Syndrome Stricken Vets Denied Care	An American Free Press Article (Aug. 2004)
Depleted Uranium: The Trojan   Horse of Nuclear War	by Leuren Moret (July 1, 2004)
Effects of Depleted Uranium	By Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat (Former Chief of the Naval Staff, India)  Feb. 29, 2004
What is Depleted Uranium?	Full explanation of Depleted Uranium
Tons of Depleted Uranium Polluting Iraq	December 01, 2003 Report
Ask for Coverage of 'Depleted Uranium' Story	03' Media needs to cover this....follow links on this page
Depleted uranium affects soldier and civilian alike	Nov. 03  British Man suing over DU exposure
Uranium tests for Kosovo and Gulf troops	12 Mar 2002 The Daily Telegraph By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Depleted Uranium: America's Military 'Gift' That Keeps on Giving	18 Feb. 2001 Los Angeles Times By DAN FAHEY
NATO weapons in cancer scare	3 Jan. 2001 Reuters contributed to this report.
DU Shell Game	9 Jan. 2001 CBS News
Peacekeepers' deaths linked to 'Balkans syndrome'	30 Dec. 2000 CNN News
Gulf uranium warning failed to reach troops	1 Dec. 2000 The Guardian, Veterans angry as MoD admits finding 'lost' safety message Nicholas Watt, political correspondent
Friendly Fire	Report prepared by Damacio A. Lopez (PACE)
Pentagon Study Called Fabrication	Kathleen Sullivan of the SF Examiner
Metal of Dishonor	Article by Otto Dusek
Why won't Pentagon tell Truth	Article by Judi Cheng and G. Dunkel
VA medical expert exposes cover-up	Article by John  Catalinotto
Something was wrong with me	Article by Carol Picou
Nukes of the Gulf War	Article by John Shirley

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