He died from leukemia but the on-line obiturary does not say so

[this_side_up]

Nor does the on-line version contain what the daily paper says:

He joined the Guard and went to Iraq in Feb 2003.
Returned home April 2004. He volunteered to go back
6 months later (Oct 2004).

Returned home April 2005 with Acute Lymphoblast Leukemia
(diagnosed May 17) and died Aug 11.

He was 21 and had a wife and daughter.


In view of the no personal info, I didn't put any
identifiying info here. Not sure if that applies to
obituaries or not, as they are public notice.

Does depleted uranium cause this?

[merh]

1. yes

:cry:

[wake.up.america]

2. Poor Kid. War is insane so is Bush

[CAcyclist]

3. Radiation Can Cause Leukemia

So maybe depleted uranium could since it is still radioactive. Cancer from radiation is not dose-dependent - it's more like the roll of the dice - the higher the exposure, the more rolls of the dice.

But I am a veterinarian and not a medical doctor, so no expert.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Here are some articles on D.U.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:www.commondreams.org+depleted+uranium

[Bridget Burke]

5. The Obituary is totally up to the family.

It is, in fact, an advertisement written by the next of kin & placed in the paper (or online) by the Funeral Director. Guess you've never had to make Arrangements.

Of course Depleted Uranium can cause Leukemia.

[Quakerfriend]

6. Depleted uranium absolutely could have caused

it, but so many variables that it can't be proven.

This is the excuse they use for many, many cancers.

[this_side_up]

7. Thanks everyone. I

will have to read what DU does to people, land, water. Thank You for the link.

And you are most likely correct - they will say DU didn't
do anything to him.

I guess what bugs me about this is that the on-line
version doesn't have this info whereas the paper does.
Selective editing, I guess.