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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

DEPLETED URANIUM STRIKES AGAIN—THIS TIME IN THE USA

Kevin Stoda
I have written previously about the fact that today in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkons the number of victims of depleted uranium (DU) weapons technology is growing but that the actual numbers of victims largely remain uncounted due to political aversions in the U.S. and in allied nation states to share more data and conduct more investigations on what DU has been doing to those who have come into contact with the deadly uranium contamination created when such weapons hit or miss their targets. Finally, a British-funded study has been conducted in the United States. A report in November 18th’s Guardian reports that "23 years after a US arms plant closed, workers, and residents have cancer—and experts say their suffering shows the use of such [DU] weapons may be a war crime."...
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