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Cancer is initiated with one alpha particle, its daughter isotopes effect generations as the isotopes bio-concentrate in plants and animals, ... The increased quantities of radio-active material ( including non-depleted uranium), used in Afghanistan are 3 to 5 times greater than Iraq 199. In Iraq 2003 they are...
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www.thepowerhour.com/articles/du_effects.htm
www.thepowerhour.com/articles/du_effects.htm
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Applications of depleted uranium ... Exposure to uranium and depleted uranium ... Intake of depleted uranium...
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www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/
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Uranium is used primarily as fuel material in nuclear power plants. Most reactors require uranium in which the 235U content is enriched from its naturally occurring concentration. The uranium remaining after removal of the enriched fraction is referred to as depleted uranium (DU).
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www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/env/du/en/
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In 1991, the United States and its Persian Gulf War allies blasted the vehicles with armor-piercing shells made of depleted uranium -- ... Weapons may only be used in the legal field of battle, defined as legal military targets of the enemy in war. Weapons may not have an adverse effect off the legal field of battle.
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www.seattlepi.com/national/95178_du12.shtml
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In military applications, when alloyed, Depleted Uranium [DU] is ideal for use in armor penetrators. These solid metal projectiles have the speed, mass and physical properties to perform exceptionally well against armored targets.
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www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/du.htm
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This new weapon, the depleted uranium (DU) projectile, is radioactive. ... As I traveled through the US, UK, and Iraq to cover this story, I was confronted at every turn by the sad and frightening spectre of "discounted casualties,"- people exposed to depleted uranium and other toxic substances, and now tormented by...
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www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/uran/index_e.html
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THINK TANK REVIEW FINDS NO DIRECT EFFECT FROM DEPLETED URANIUM; (RAND study is a response to U.S. veterans' concerns); ... According to a DOD release, RAND's review indicated "no evidence of harmful health effects directly linked to depleted uranium exposures at levels experienced by Gulf War veterans."
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usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/press/defence/archive/1999/may/dd1504.htm
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As American forces prepare to take on Iraq in a possible Gulf War II, analysts agree that the bad publicity and popular fears about depleted uranium (DU) use in the first Gulf War, and later in Kosovo and Afghanistan, ... Few suggest that a new war, if it involves Iraqi armored resistance, will have any less of an effect.
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www.csmonitor.com/2002/1220/p01s04-wome.html
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Effect of depleted uranium weapons used in the Balkan war on the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and invasive cancer of the cervix in Greece.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15864941
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