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Cancer and birth deformities in Serbia – depleted uranium’s deadly legacy

Permanent consequences “The half-life of uranium 238 is very long – 4.5 billion years,” reminds nuclear physicist Miroslav Simic, stating that “this way of throwing away nuclear waste on civilian, but also military targets, is not human as the consequences are permanent.”

Depleted Uranium, Dirty Bombs: NATO’s Deadly Gifts To Kosovo, Serbia Piotr Bein’s blog 29 March 2010, By Ljubica Vujadinovic, Belgrade: A leading Serbian expert in the field says NATO’s use of depleted uranium ammunition in it’s aggression against Serbia has caused an enormous increase in cancer rates and the number of newborns with genetic malformations. Continue reading →

March 29, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, EUROPE | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors, uranium, wastes | 2 Comments

Infant victims of depleted uranium weapons

VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN: Creative-i /23 March 2010, Warning – Horrific Images aution: The images presented here are so horrific that it had me in tears just dealing with the ‘technics’ of uploading them. As with the Gaza victims file, I have left them off the Home Page. If you wish to view them click on the Continue Reading link. And I urge folks to do something about this, how can we stand aside? It is after all, being done in OUR name….. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Afghanistan, depleted uranium | antinuclear, depleted, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

War veterans demand focused study on depleted uranium’s health effects

The veterans want help with their health conditions and treatment now. Their pain is real physiological damage.

Depleted Uranium Research-DU affects DNA, Veterans Today, March 20, 2010 by Denise Nichols · -More Research Indicated To Assess Health Risk. The research on depleted uranium comes out of French researchers that examined the manner DNA is affected by enriched and depleted uranium. Continue reading →

March 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, MIDDLE EAST | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium used by Israel in Gaza

Israel used depleted uranium ammo during last war in Gaza – experts, The Voice of Russia, Mar 19, 2010, Israel used depleted uranium ammunition during its Cast Lead military operation in Gaza in the winter of 2008-2009. According to the Al-Hayat newspaper, this follows from forensic studies of Palestinians’ bodies by Italian experts. Continue reading →

March 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, Israel | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Iraq veterans should be tested for radiation poisoning

Use blood tests to check Iraq war vets for radiation poisoning cleveland.com By Anthony Weishar February 11, 2010, How long will the media continue to censor reports on radiation and toxins in Iraq? The Radiation and Protection Center in Iraq released a report on Jan. 23 identifying 42 severely contaminated sites and cities.

Many Iraq war veterans have radioactivity in their systems. The Department of Veterans Affairs refuses to use blood tests to check for radiation poisoning. The urine tests work only within 30 days of exposure — about the time soldiers sit in a safe site waiting to go home. The Radiation Center in Baghdad uses blood tests to determine exposure levels in Iraqis.

When are the Pentagon, the president and Congress going to take care of those who served?

Anthony Weishar Fairview Park

Use blood tests to check Iraq war vets for radiation poisoning | Letters Unlimited – cleveland.com

February 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, USA | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Call for UN to investigate Israel’s use of depleted uranium in Gaza

Israel Uses Depleted Uranium against Palestinians in Gaza TEHRAN (FNA) 24 Jan 2010 – A London-based Palestinian activist announced that the buildings damaged in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli onslaught last year all showed signs of contamination with depleted uranium. Continue reading →

January 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, Israel | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

USA army’s depleted uranium secret

“The burden should be on the Army to prove no harm. The Army says there is no harm because they haven’t looked and don’t want to look,” said Albertini. “A license to possess depleted uranium is a nuclear waste dump.”

Residents accuse Army of covering up contamination. DEPLETED URANIUM By NANCY COOK LAUER

WES T HAWAII TODAY 15 Jan 2010

ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com

HILO — Four Hawaii residents charged the U.S. Army with trying to cover up its discovery of depleted uranium and then taking a cavalier attitude about cleaning it up during a five-hour hearing Wednesday before a panel of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Continue reading →

January 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, USA | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium | 2 Comments

Depleted uranium – the ultimate ‘friendly fire’

POISON BULLETS – depleted uranium munitions – the ultimate friendly fire (Video) Free Planet by Mike Philbin 13 Jan 2010
Many American and British soldiers who have returned from Iraq are complaining about Depleted Uranium-related illnesses. They accuse both the Pentagon and the UK Ministry of Defense of covering up the problem.

Poison Bullets follows doctors and experts as they voice their opposing views in the DU controversy and travels to the US, Great Britain, Jordan, Iraq and Spain, where we meet many of those who are victims of both DU-related diseases and the indifference of government officials.

January 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, depleted uranium | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment