Alain Gresh

Source: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/carnet/2005-09-28-Uranium-appauvri

 

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 gardenisto a écrit : L’inhalation d’aérosols contenant de l’uranium appauvri est dangereuse pour l’homme. Les populations civiles et militaires concernées par la guerre en Irak en savent quelque chose. Une nouvelle méthode permet de retrouver les traces de cet uranium dans les urines des victimes, 20 ans après la contamination.

L’uranium appauvri est moins radioactif que l’uranium naturel. Il est utilisé dans différents domaines : le lestage des bateaux, les blindages de chars, mais aussi dans des armes comme certains obus. Sa densité importante et sa radioactivité sont des atouts majeurs pour les munitions.

Lors de la guerre en Irak, l’utilisation de munition à base d’uranium appauvri a été l’objet de nombreuses études. D’un coté, on fait un lien direct entre l’explosion du nombre de nouveaux nés malformés depuis 1998 en Irak et l’utilisation de ces munitions. De l’autre, on crie haut et fort qu’il n’y a aucune preuve de la contamination.

Un géologiste de l’Université de Leicester, Randall R Parrish, a mis au point une méthode pour détecter la contamination à l’uranium appauvri quelques 20 ans après les faits. Cette découverte permettrait d’avoir une meilleure idée des vraies victimes de la guerre en Irak, chez les civils irakiens mais aussi chez les anciens combattants américains.

 

source: http://www.sur-la-toile.com/mod_News_article_4383___.html

 

 

 

 

 

Test uranium on Iraqi children ... what !!!???

 
Depleted uranium

Two American States, Connecticut and Louisiana come to pass laws to allow members of the National Guard, just back from Iraq, moving sophisticated tests to determine the effects of exposure to depleted uranium ammunition . Twenty others are preparing to do so in their turn, despite the reticence of the Pentagon. These munitions, used since the first Gulf War (1990-1991) allow penetration of the most resistant armor, including tanks. For many years, controversy took place in the United States, Britain and France over the use of depleted uranium and its impact on soldiers who served in the Gulf and Kosovo. The authorities have always denied that the soldiers were able to suffer from depleted uranium, but many organizations have mobilized to recognize the danger of these munitions. In France too, the government has tried to bury the case. Is that the example of American States will reopen the debate?
 
Alain Gresh
 
 
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  Gardenisto wrote: The inhalation of aerosols containing depleted uranium is dangerous for humans. The civilians and military involved in the war in Iraq know something. A new method makes it possible to find traces of the uranium in the urine of the victims, 20 years after contamination.

Depleted uranium is less radioactive than natural uranium. It is used in various areas: the ballast ships, armor of tanks, but also in terms of weapons as some shells. Its density and its significant radioactivity are major assets for ammunition.

During the Iraq war, the use of munition based depleted uranium has been the subject of numerous studies. On one hand, there is a direct link between the explosion in the number of deformed newborns since 1998 in Iraq and the use of such ammunition. On the other hand, it screams loud and clear that there is no evidence of contamination.

A géologiste at the University of Leicester, Randall R Parrish, has developed a method to detect contamination depleted uranium some 20 years after the events. This discovery would have a better idea of the real victims of the war in Iraq, with Iraqi civilians, but also among American veterans.