2 Australians from 1st Iraq war have tested positive for depleted uranium - Burning Semen Syndrome

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Two-Diggers-contaminated-by-uranium/2007/03/27/1174761459013.html

Two Diggers 'contaminated' by uranium

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Two Australian soldiers who served in the first Iraq war have tested positive to depleted uranium (DU) contamination despite assurances from the federal government they had not been exposed, an anti-nuclear group said.

Any such admission from the government would leave it open to millions of dollars in compensation, said Pauline Rigby, project coordinator for the group Depleted Uranium Silent Killer (DUSK).

Urine samples from each of the men, who served in different areas of Iraq, were sent last year for uranium isotope analysis at the JW Goethe University in Germany at a cost of $1,200 each under the auspices of DUSK and the Uranium Medical Research Centre (UMRC) in Canada, Ms Rigby said.

The results, now being evaluated for publication next month in two scientific journals, showed both men had tested positive to depleted uranium contamination more than 15 years after their return from the first Gulf War. snip

He cannot work and has suffered skin rashes on his face, arms and neck, swollen joints, chronic fatigue and dizzy spells but his doctor can only treat his symptoms because he is at a loss to explain their cause.

Frank's wife, from whom he is now separated, had cervical cancer and burning semen syndrome, a condition reported by American Gulf War veterans or their sexual partners since returning from the Persian Gulf.

They or their sexual partners have experienced a burning sensation after skin and/or vaginal contact with semen.

[MADem]

1. There are a lot of people in this boat. They're in the Gulf War registry, and nothing is being done

about them, either.

[NashVegas]

2. Burning Semen Syndrome?

This is a cause even the fundies should be able to get behind.

[MnFats]

3. it does sound awful, doesn't it?

not to be flippant, but I'd be pretty pissed if my semen became toxic.

[Javaman]

5. Not to make to light of this...

but that reminded me of an old Saturday Night Live skit with Bill Murry years ago.

He was playing a teen in high school and it was supposed to be a educational film about venereal disease.

He's in the locker room and goes to pee. Suddenly off screen he yells, "it burns when I urinate!!!!"

man, burning semen, that so doesn't sound at all pleasant.

[xchrom]

4. ...

:grr:

[donsu]

6. DU poisoning is worse then Agent Orange, if that's possible

it's a huge crime against humanity. the neo cons should be impeached and sent to trial for the crime of DU poisoning.