Depleted Uranium = Gulf War I and II Syndrome

Something interesting that I have been talking about with friends lately is Depleted Uranium.

My experience with DU started when I learned about Depleted Uranium rounds in the US Navy while I was in Fire Controlman A School, and was lucky enough to not have been stuck on the Phalanx 20mm Depleted Uranium weapon.

This nasty Heavy Metal packs quite a punch on the battlefield, and at sea, and unfortunately doesn't stop once the motion of the projectile has stopped. Depleted Uranium is one of the 3 isotopes of Uranium; 2 are used as reactor fuels and the one that is left (the plentiful isotope) is used as Depleted Uranium for Armor and Armor piercing projectiles.

When DU rounds are fired and impact the targets, the point of impact now has a radiation level of 1000 times prior to the level of radiation of the round before firing. On impact the higher density of the DU causes quite an explosive impact on the armor of the target which lets of Depleted Uranium dust, this dust soaks into the ground which contaminates ground water, and this dust can also be breathed in by humans and animals.

The US government still likes to say they have no idea why Desert Storm veterans suffer from symptoms that seem to resemble radiation sickness and/or Heavy Metal contamination. Hmmmm....

Pentagon: depleted uranium munitions aren't environmental threat

Not only is this bad enough the US Government likes to say there is no threat from DU, but they actually have training videos that show soldiers how to minimize the exposure to the affected areas, safety etc. Unfortunately the US military doesn't think the saliors and soldiers should see that training video. I guess the US government doesn't want it's soldiers stopping after each battle to fill out Radiation Exposure forms, or clean up the hazards they have just imposed onto the environment, or know the real threat that they face.

Follow this link for the Military DU Training movie

Now after another war (and countless conflicts) more and more US and allied Veterans will be affected, as well as the poor souls who have to live in the areas where DU projectiles are used for they have cancer, birth defects, radiation sickness to look forward to.

There also has been talk that reports from Los Alamos labs were suppressed in order to keep the Depleted Uranium projects going, god forbid the pentagon lose funding for a project.

As Americans it is time to hold our government accountable for its actions, as we are held accountable for ours.

Using DU is illegal according to the Geneva convention. Read More

It seems that a large portion of the American people seem to think everything is going to be ok, well I am not sure about that. It is up to us to write to our elected (yea right!) officials and tell them our views so when we see those polls on the conservative controlled media the officials will still be flooded with our real views.

tracyv





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