depleted uraninum POISON IN THE FOOD CHAIN

[donsu]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/95178_du12.shtml


Iraqi cancers, birth defects blamed on U.S. depleted uranium



-- On the "Highway of Death," 11 miles north of the Kuwait border, a collection of tanks, armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles are rusting in the desert.

They also are radiating nuclear energy.

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Depleted uranium is a problem in other former war zones as well. Yesterday, U.N. experts said they found radioactive hot spots in Bosnia resulting from the use of depleted uranium during NATO air strikes in 1995.

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But the radioactivity is only one concern about DU munitions.

A second, potentially more serious hazard is created when a DU round hits its target. As much as 70 percent of the projectile can burn up on impact, creating a firestorm of ceramic DU oxide particles. The residue of this firestorm is an extremely fine ceramic uranium dust that can be spread by the wind, inhaled and absorbed into the human body and absorbed by plants and animals, becoming part of the food chain.
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IN THE FOOD CHAIN

[Teaser]

1. minerals are good for you.

enough of this liberal paranoia.

[Didereaux]

2. HEY! it's DU how bad can that be?

[undeterred]

3. this is very serious, and it affects our troops too

although the effects may not be seen right away

[Bobbieo]

4. Go to America's West to see the effects of uranium poisoning -

from the nuclear bomb tests of the 50s to 70s to uranium mining - Arizona, New Mexico, Utah!!!!