All Articles on Depleted Uranium
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News 10 Years After Iraq Invasion: Continued Myths, Hundreds of Thousands Killed This week marks ten years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The Iraq war, which most today in the U.S. see as a mistake , has cost the U.S. trillions of dollars, billions of which were " wasted ." But the devastation for the people of Iraq is incalculable: hundreds of thousands have been killed,... Read more |
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News 10 Years After Invasion, US Depleted Uranium Continues to Devastate Iraq US persistent refusal to release data hampering efforts to eradicate contamination Read more |
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News Texas Toxic Dump Site May Benefit from Owner's Political Largesse Nation's radioactive waste may soon be traveling at rapid pace to Texas disposal site Read more |
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News Legacy of US Weapons-Caused Birth Defects Still Haunts Iraq War's cruel legacy continues to unleash itself on the children of Iraq as weapons used by the U.S. have left Iraqi children with horrific birth defects, and the problem shows no signs of abating, Inter Press Service is reporting today. "In 2004 the Americans tested all kinds of chemicals and... Read more |
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News 'Unsung Hero' Brian Haw, British Anti-war Activist, 1949-2011 British anti-war activist will be remembered for his unyielding protest on behalf of children killed in conflict. Read more |
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News Mounting Alarm Over US Use of Depleted Uranium Arms in Libya The countries involved in air strikes on Colonel Gaddafi’s forces in Libya are coming under pressure to ban the use of toxic depleted uranium (DU) weapons because of the dangers they could pose to civilians. The US has refused to rule out the use of DU shells in Libya, though it claims not to have... Read more |
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News Research Links Rise in Falluja Birth Defects and Cancers to US Assault • Defects in newborns 11 times higher than normal • 'War contaminants' from 2004 attack could be cause Read more |
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News Is Navy Plan a Threat to World's Oldest Killer Whales? WASHINGTON - Could Ruffles and Granny be in trouble? At 59, Ruffles is the oldest known male orca in the world, one of an estimated 150 orcas known to inhabit the Puget Sound and the coast of Washington state. Granny is his 99-year-old mother. Environmentalists fear for the safety of the whales as... Read more |
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News Army Downplays Depleted Uranium Risk on Hawaiian Island Radiation levels safe at Pohakuloa, Army says Read more |
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News Vietnam's Forgotten War Victims When Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, visited Vietnam on Thursday she extolled the country's "unlimited potential" and strong trade relations with the US. But the words must have rung hollow for Ngyuen Ngoc Phuong, who has seen his potential destroyed by American chemical poisoning... Read more |