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Court rules compensation for soldier exposed to depleted uranium

DEPLETED URANIUM CONTINUES TO CLAIM VICTIMS, 14 AUGUST 2011  VOICE OF RUSIA  Kosovo, (Pal Telegraph) – A court in Cagliari in Italy has ruled that the Ministry of Defence must pay a half million euros in compensation to the family of a soldier who died from exposure to depleted uranium in NATO bombs that were dropped on Kosovo.

Depleted uranium is used in rockets and bombs for increasing their piercing capacity. It is slightly radioactive and highly toxic. The first Italian death from exposure to it was reported in 2001.

NATO widely used DU munitions during its 1990s campaigns in Kosovo and Bosnia.http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/world-news/9844-depleted-uranium-continues-to-claim-victims.html

August 15, 2011 - Posted by | depleted uranium, Italy, Legal

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