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DU: health and public health issues arising from the use of DU munitions
| Author | PSR |
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6-05-1-00-18.pdf |
| Date | October 2005 |
| Classification | 6.05.1.00/18 (DEPLETED URANIUM - MILITARY GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
PSR ®
Physicians for
Social
Responsibility
DU:
HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUES ARISING FROM THE USE
OF DEPLETED URANIUM
MUNITIONS
October 2005
Kimberly Bernard, Martin Butcher, Roy Farrell MD,
Robert M. Gould MD, Michael McCally MD.
DU: Health and the Public Health Issues
Arising from the Use of Deplete Uranium Munitions
October 2005
Authors: Kimberly Bernard, Martin Butcher, Roy Farrell MD,
Robert M. Gould MD, Michael McCally MD.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Military Uses of Depleted Uranium 3
Issues Regarding the Potential Exposure to DU
DU and Coalition Armies 4
DU and the Iraqi Population 8
DU and the Environment 9
Potential Health and Environmental Effects of DU on the Battlefield 10
Health Effects 10
Environmental Health Effects: The Kosovo Model 13
Iraqi Studies of Childhood Cancer and Birth Defects in Basra 1990-2000 14
Public Health and DU in Iraq 15
International Law and DU 17
Current Action in Congress 18
Recommendations 19
References 20
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