[ RadSafe ] Salsman's "dozen reports" about DU

[James Salsman]

>          On or about June 27, James Salsman wrote, "But I can give you a 
> dozen reports, e.g., at least ten from Dr. Melissa McDairmid's group alone, 
> which claim no increase in cancer incidence rates in uranium-exposed Gulf 
> War veterans."
>...
>          On the same day I asked him for citations to these reports.  So 
> far there has been only silence from James Salsman...
>
> [I] reiterate my request than he provide citations to his "dozen reports."

The following reports mention the lack of increased incidence of cancer
in uranium-exposed Gulf War veterans:

Squibb KS, McDiarmid MA. "Depleted uranium exposure and health effects 
in Gulf War veterans." Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 Apr 
29;361(1468):639-48. PMID: 16687268

Squibb KS, Leggett RW, McDiarmid MA. "Prediction of renal concentrations 
of depleted uranium and radiation dose in Gulf War veterans with 
embedded shrapnel." Health Phys. 2005 Sep;89(3):267-73. PMID: 16096502

McDiarmid MA, Engelhardt SM, Oliver M, Gucer P, Wilson PD, Kane R, Kabat 
M, Kaup B, Anderson L, Hoover D, Brown L, Albertini RJ, Gudi R, 
Jacobson-Kram D, Thorne CD, Squibb KS. 	"Biological monitoring and 
surveillance results of Gulf War I veterans exposed to depleted 
uranium." Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2006 Jan;79(1):11-21. Epub 2005 
Aug 2. PMID: 16075297

Ejnik JW, Todorov TI, Mullick FG, Squibb K, McDiarmid MA, Centeno JA. 
"Uranium analysis in urine by inductively coupled plasma dynamic 
reaction cell mass spectrometry." Anal Bioanal Chem. 2005 
May;382(1):73-9. Epub 2005 Apr 15. PMID: 15900454

McDiarmid MA, Squibb K, Engelhardt SM. "Biologic monitoring for urinary 
uranium in gulf war I veterans." Health Phys. 2004 Jul;87(1):51-6. PMID: 
15194922

McDiarmid MA, Engelhardt S, Oliver M, Gucer P, Wilson PD, Kane R, Kabat 
M, Kaup B, Anderson L, Hoover D, Brown L, Handwerger B, Albertini RJ, 
Jacobson-Kram D, Thorne CD, Squibb KS. 	"Health effects of depleted 
uranium on exposed Gulf War veterans: a 10-year follow-up." J Toxicol 
Environ Health A. 2004 Feb 27;67(4):277-96. PMID: 14713562

McDiarmid MA, Hooper FJ, Squibb K, McPhaul K, Engelhardt SM, Kane R, 
DiPino R, Kabat M. "Health effects and biological monitoring results of 
Gulf War veterans exposed to depleted uranium." Mil Med. 2002 Feb;167(2 
Suppl):123-4. PMID: 11873493

Hodge SJ, Ejnik J, Squibb KS, McDiarmid MA, Morris ER, Landauer MR, 
McClain DE. "Detection of depleted uranium in biological samples from 
Gulf War veterans." Mil Med. 2001 Dec;166(12 Suppl):69-70.
PMID: 11778443

McDiarmid MA, Squibb K, Engelhardt S, Oliver M, Gucer P, Wilson PD, Kane 
R, Kabat M, Kaup B, Anderson L, Hoover D, Brown L, Jacobson-Kram D; 
Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program. "Surveillance of depleted uranium 
exposed Gulf War veterans: health effects observed in an enlarged 
'friendly fire' cohort." J Occup Environ Med. 2001 Dec;43(12):991-1000.
PMID: 11765683

McDiarmid MA, Engelhardt SM, Oliver M. "Urinary uranium concentrations 
in an enlarged Gulf War veteran cohort." Health Phys. 2001 
Mar;80(3):270-3. PMID: 11219540

McDiarmid MA. "Depleted uranium and public health." BMJ. 2001 Jan 
20;322(7279):123-4. PMID: 11159557

McDiarmid MA, Keogh JP, Hooper FJ, McPhaul K, Squibb K, Kane R, DiPino 
R, Kabat M, Kaup B, Anderson L, Hoover D, Brown L, Hamilton M, 
Jacobson-Kram D, Burrows B, Walsh M. "Health effects of depleted uranium 
on exposed Gulf War veterans." Environ Res. 2000 Feb;82(2):168-80.
PMID: 10662531

McDiarmid MA, Hooper FJ, Squibb K, McPhaul K. "The utility of spot 
collection for urinary uranium determinations in depleted uranium 
exposed Gulf War veterans." Health Phys. 1999 Sep;77(3):261-4. PMID: 
10456496

>          On June 29, Salsman asked Col. Daxon for a citation to a paper 
> about Gulf War birth defects, and then asked, "why are you unable or 
> unwilling to provide a citation to the paper?"  He went on to rather 
> broadly insinuate that the good Colonel may have made up his claims about 
> birth defects.

The one where Colonel Daxon said that the 30,000 veteran birth defect
survey indicating a near-doubling in children of male Gulf War veterans
and a near-tripling in the children of female Gulf War veterans had
been folowed-up by a medical record study which showed no difference?

Still waiting for that one.

Sincerely,
James Salsman