Army made video warning about dangers of depleted uranium
but never showed it to troops
By David Edwards
Published: Tuesday February 6, 2007
Source:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/CNN_Agent_Orange_tame_compared_to_0206.html
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.
Depleted uranium -- or DU -- was used in the Gulf War as a projectile that could
penetrate tank armor. A group of soldiers are suing the US government because
they are sick from exposure; despite the unshown video, the Army denies that
depleted uranium represents a serious health risk.
CNN reporter Greg Hunter explains. The soldiers "report similar ailments.
Painful urination, headaches and joint pain. They say Army doctors blame their
symptoms on post traumatic stress. We showed them a tape the Army made in 1995,
a tape the Army never distributed. It warned of potential D.U. hazards. The
army's expert on D.U. training concedes some information contained on the tape
is true. For instance, radioactive particles can be harmful."
A doctor who once investigated DU for the Army now believes that the health
risks are serious.
"In the 1990s this doctor studied D.U. health effects for the U.S. military,"
Hunter says. "Now a private researcher, he says his own test of these veterans
showed abnormally high levels of D.U. this their urine and that those levels
pose a serious health threat."
"One doctor... calls it, quote, 'a radiological sewer,'" Hunter adds. "The Army
adamantly denies that."
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