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DU: health and public health issues arising from the use of DU munitions (2005)

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Datumoktober 2005
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                                     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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