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Tom L.
bill fancher wrote:
> This is not specific to Yugoslavia, but relevant to DU in general. There
> is much uninformed hysteria about this subject (e.g. claims that NATO
> was using "nuclear weapons" against Serbia.)
>
> >From <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug1998/n08101998_9808107.html>:
>
> Bernard Rostker, special assistant to the secretary of defense
> for Gulf War illnesses, said during a Pentagon news conference
> Aug. 4 that even veterans most severely exposed to depleted
> uranium show no symptoms.
> ...
> Rostker said even a worst-case scenario does not show release of
> significant enough amounts of depleted uranium to harm people. A
> worst-case scenario, according to investigators, would be two
> depleted uranium rounds hitting a uranium-sheathed Abrams tank.
>
> "The amount of uranium oxide released over 15 minutes [in this
> worst-case scenario] is equal to one REM [roentgen equivalent,
> man -- a measure of radiation dosage], well below the limits set
> by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," Rostker said.
>
> DoD will continue the investigation into depleted uranium. The
> results of this examination are posted on GulfLINK at
> http://www.gulflink.osd.mil.
>
> You can find the report itself at:
>
> <http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/library/randrep/du/>
>
> > Hello all,
> > A request -- has anyone archived or can they recall a source for the
> > stories about use of 'depleted uranium' in the attacks on Yugoslavia?
> > Archived would be best.
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Catherine
> >
>
> --
> bill
>
> "Truth unfolds in time through a communal process." CQ