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ONLINE dU RESOURCE: dU101.org - click here - opens new window) |
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The U.S. Military is in DU Denial
by Susu Jeffrey
April 13, 2006 Twin Cities PULSE
My name is John Marshall. I was exposed to DU (depleted uranium). I am 100 percent disabled and I am pissed-off. In fact, I was advised by a couple of my counselors not to do this [interview] because I’m so angry with the government—at the VA system, at the way I’m treated and other veterans are treated. It’s very impersonal. They don’t give you any time. They ask us to go fight their wars, do the dirty work and then they can’t take care of you.”
Most people don’t believe the U.S. has been poisoning its own troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, or they’ve heard about uranium “tipped” bombs—like fingernail polish painted on the outside of a shell casing. On the contrary, these are solid uranium core projectiles...
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Health effects of Depleted Uranium Weapons
nformation assembled by the Phillip Berrigan Depleted Uranium Committee
September 30, 2005
Evidence of large rises in birth defects and unprecedented cancer rates among civilians following the first Gulf War in southern Iraq can no longer be ignored, by the Pentagon, the Veterans Administration, or the public...
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What is Depleted Uranium?
by John Braun
September 30, 2005
Depleted Uranium (Uranium 238) is what's left after enriched uranium (Uranium 235) is separated from natural uranium in order to produce fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs. It is misleadingly called 'depleted uranium' because it is still 60 percent as radioactive as natural uranium. Put another way, removing all the U-234 and U-235 from natural uranium reduces the radiation of what's left (U- 238 or DU) by about 40%...
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