Thursday, January 11, 2007

Children born with disabilities

From the soldiers who were exposed to depleted uranium in the Bosnian war.

Via Rorschach of No Capital, BBC News:
"Troops who served during the wars in the 1990s believe they have contracted cancer and other serious illnesses from extended exposure to the munitions.

The US says it fired around 40,000 depleted uranium rounds during the Bosnian and Kosovo conflicts.

A pressure group says 50 veterans have died and another 200 are seriously ill.

Depleted uranium is used on the tips of bullets and shells. Because of its density it can pierce the armour plating on tanks.

But when it explodes it often leaves a footprint of chemically poisonous and radioactive dust."


This is what is coming home with our own soldiers. Are we ready?

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