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Here are a few snippets from this cherry picked doc.
They basically are trying to shift the blame on to other areas.
The bottom line is that vets are not allowed to donate blood who were in these ares and that in itself says it all.
Military use of depleted uranium in the Gulf
During the Gulf War, DU ammunition was used by all
kinds of American forces. US Army fired (from tanks) about
500 large-calibre 105 mm and 9000–120 mm rounds, each
containing 4.2 and 5.3 kg of DU, respectively. Air forces
used almost 800,000—30 mm calibre shells, each bearing
0.28 kg of DU. Additionally, US Navy aircrafts fired about
67,500—25 mm DU bullets. Altogether, over 300 tons of
DU was used in this campaign. Therefore, the main part of
In the 30 mm DU bullets, an aluminium head of 30-mm
diameter surrounds the 95 mm long and 16 mm diameter
uranium penetrator. These rounds were fired from the
machine guns installed on A-10 ‘‘Warthog’’ aircrafts.
The firing rate of these guns reaches 3900 bullets per
minute. Usually 100 to 150 projectiles from a single 2–3 s
series covered the targets on the area of about 500 m2.
Depending on the type of target, only 10% of projectiles
hit their intended targets. The self-ignition of uranium did
not take place in the case of hitting of nonarmoured
vehicles, and the whole mass of DU could stay in the
environment. This implies that in the Kuwait and southern
Iraq territory, there are still about 250 tons of DU from
missed bullets on the ground or at a depth of up to a few
meters. In contrast to aircraft bullets, the large-calibre
missiles fired from tanks showed almost 100% accuracy,
causing complete damage of Iraqi tanks and armoured
vehicles.
The ground is a pretty hard target to a high speed bullet and they misrepresent it as if the bullet is going to lay on the ground in pristine form
The tests of DU ammunition, conducted on Aberdeen
Proving Ground indicated that after the hitting of armoured
targets 17% to 28% (according to other reports even up to
70%) of projectile mass is converted into uranium aerosols.
Up to about 83% of uranium oxides in this aerosol are Stype
and the remaining 17% M-type, whereas the respirabile
fraction (d<10 Am) may contribute even to 50% of the total
DU mass in the aerosol (US DOD, 2000).
Therefore, from about 50 tons of DU
Slow chemical decomposition of DU ammunition does
not pose a risk for Kuwait’s drinking water supply. Systematic
measurements of water samples from the only underground
source in the Rawdathein area did not show any
increase of total a activity, and the mean uranium concentration
was 1.2 Ag dm 3. The main source of tap water for
the State of Kuwait is desalinated water from the Arabian
Gulf, which is appropriately mixed with the brackish water
from the Rawdathein underground supply. DUH!
Another important source of population exposure to DU
in this region can be the inhalation of aerosols with elevated
uranium concentrations. The mean annual concentration of
suspended matter in ambient air about 200 Ag dm 3
observed in Kuwait is among the highest value in the world,
which is the consequence of the frequent dust storms and
high resuspension of surface desert layer. As was mentioned,
the emission of aerosols from burning tanks resulted
in maximum 10 tons of depleted uranium oxides (UO2, UO3
and U3O8) introduced to the local atmosphere in the form of
particles with diameters smaller than 10 Am in size. On the
basis of the tests with DU ammunition (US DOD, 2000), it
was estimated that uranium concentration could reach even
hundreds or thousands mg m 3 inside a tank just after the
explosion. As the aerosol particles containing DU have high
density, a large part of DU particles (including those from
respirabile fraction) should fall within tens of meters from a
burning tank. Until the wind blows The estimated intake for a man in the
neighbourhood of such a tank hit by single 120 mm
projectile is 0.1 mg of uranium (US DOD, 2000). Potential
exposure to DU from the burning tanks decreased rapidly
with a distance from a target. The maximum intake in the
case of going through the cloud of smoke from burning
vehicle in the distance of 200 m was determined at the level
of 0.8 Ag of uranium (US DOD, 2000). Therefore, the risk
of high uranium intakes by inhalation applied during the
Gulf War only to the crew of broken tanks and rescue teams
but not for civilians. dust storms! DUH!
According to US Army data, only 104 soldiers who
survived tank hits by friendly fire and 30 to 60 soldiers who
took part in direct rescue action were included in the highest
risk group. Total uranium intake for this group could reach
maximally 240 mg and the effective doses ranged from 20
to 480 mSv. Expected uranium concentrations in kidneys
corresponding to these intakes were from 0.2 to 4.4 Ag g 1
of tissue. However, the upper value, slightly exceeding the
critical concentration of 3 Ag g 1 corresponds to a single
case of one tank being hit by two projectiles.
So there is an acceptable amount of uranium ingestion DUH!
According to
the same evaluations (US Army, 1995b), the soldiers from
this group could simultaneously intake additionally up to 72
mg of DU by ingestion.
The second exposed to DU group includes several
hundred soldiers taking part in deactivation of Doha camp
after fire and uranium contaminated equipment. The estimated
intakes for this group did not exceed 10 mg and
additional effective dose was below 1 mSv (limit value for
general public). The third exposed group (according to US
army classification) comprises the soldiers whose contact
with DU was incidental and exposure was marginal, far
below the current hygiene and radiation safety standards.
Thats why none of them are allowed to donate blood! Its so safe!
The scale of DU inhalation hazard for the civilian
population of the Gulf area during the 1991 war was
remarkably lower. At least until a dust storm
However, from the point of view of a
few million of Kuwait’s and southern Iraq’s inhabitants, a
very important matter is to assess possible long-term postwar
uranium intakes by inhalation. In the most unfavourable
scenario, one can assume that the whole mass of 4.5 kg of
DU from 15 (10% accurate) aircraft projectiles or from one
Therefore, the DU syndrome cannot be linked only with
DU exposure. This problem is still not fully explained (right ww2 taught them nothing) and
many other causes have been proposed like vaccination
against biological weapons, smoke from burning oil wells or
different chemical releases after bombing (The Royal Society,
2002a,b), but it seems that exposure to DU plays a less
important role. The downplay! Similarly, because the results of environment
contamination obtained for the Kuwait area are also adequate
for the southern Iraq territory, the widely commented
dramatically deteriorated health status of Iraq’s citizens
cannot be linked with the exposure to DU. However, as
the knowledge of long-term biological effects of uranium
incorporation is still not sufficient, the research in this field
should be continued.
knowledge of long-term biological effects of uranium
incorporation is still not sufficient
Total fucking lying asswipes
On the other hand, the high scientific and technical level
of the environmental radioactivity monitoring allows precise
measurements of DU weathering and its transport in
environment. Such research is now conducted not only in
former Yugoslavia (Veselinovic and Kopecni, 2000; Sansone
et al., 2001; Esposito et al., 2002), but also in the
neighbouring countries (Kerekes et al., 2001), as aerosols
and gases can be transported over boundaries or even over
continents. Publication of these results in relation to natural
uranium concentrations in the environment can give the
picture of the real hazard, which now is often exaggerated
with apocalyptic ‘‘sensation’’ regrettably widespread also
by some scientists.
1. The specific radioactivity of depleted uranium is 40%
lower than that for natural uranium. External exposure to
g radiation emitted from depleted uranium projectiles is
negligible.
As if we are all sitting on top of uranium mines and lets not talk about the aerosols
2. As a result of military use of depleted uranium
ammunition during the 1991 Gulf War about 300 tons
of DU were dropped in the aircraft rounds and tank-fired
shells in Kuwait and southern Iraq over an area about
20,000 km2.
Yup thats JUST from american forces didnt we just forget a few others?
3. It has been estimated that a large fraction of DU bullets
(f90%) fired from an aircraft miss their intended
targets. The majority of these projectiles are still buried at
various levels in the ground.
Catch those buzz words! the ground is a hard target!
Fucking assholes try to make it sound as if the bullets
hitting the ground should be classified differently.
4. Slowly reacting metallic uranium deposited in the humid
ground, in long-term perspective (over several hundred
years) can cause the increase of its concentration in some
local wells (underground water), but only in exceptional
cases can it exceed the US EPA limit of 30 Ag dm 3.
So who did the 100 year tests? Aerosolization is pretty exceptional!
5. Comprehensive environmental radioactivity measurements
in Kuwait in the years 1992–1994 do not confirm
significant contamination of depleted uranium over the
territory of this country, which may lead to exceeding the
current hygiene or safety standards.
Whats not significant?
6. Because of the excellent penetrating properties of DU
ammunition, it seems hardly possible that countries
which have armies equipped with it would give up their
use after the protests of pro-ecological organisations.
However, such protests caused a temporary ban on
uranium projectile ground tests in the United Kingdom
(BBC, 2001).
Imagine that!
Typical cherry picking to downplay the hazards associated with uranium that have been well known since world war 2.
quote:
ORIGINAL: Archer
For a non sensationalized independantly peer reviewed paper on the reality of DU try this one.
http://people.icess.ucsb.edu/academics/courses/595E/Session%207/BemEnv&HealthConseq.pdf
peer reviewed huh?
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