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[Roger Helbig]

New Entry on Uranium Weapons Blog Updates Entitled "DOCUMENTATION: DR. ROSALIE BERTELL ON URANIUM WEAPONS DANGERS"Rosalie Bertell is still looked upon as the gray eminence of the anti-DU crusade.  I personally found that she claimed that the A-10 aircraft firing a DU armor piercing 30mm round would leave a trail of DU oxide through the air from the plane to the ground.  I pointed out to her that this particular munition is aluminum cased and does not leave such a trail, one of the bases for the claims that DU permeates the air in Iraq.  Perhaps even a reason for don't eat the tomatoes.  I have posted the URL for the link to the comment page on this activist blog  which is maintained by Christian Peacemaker Team member Wes Rehberg.  http://du-blog.wildclearing.com/

Roger Helbig


       
     Uranium Weapons Blog Updates published a new entry entitled "DOCUMENTATION: DR. ROSALIE BERTELL ON URANIUM WEAPONS DANGERS" on 6/16/2007 5:59:58 AM, written by Wes Rehberg. 


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      DOCUMENTATION: DR. ROSALIE BERTELL ON URANIUM WEAPONS DANGERS

      Below is an excerpt from an article by Dr. Rosalie Bertell on uranium weapons hazards -- for the complete article, click the link following the excerpt. Bertell is the author of "Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War" and founder of the International Institute for Concern of Public Health.

            THE HAZARD:

            When a depleted uranium penetrator hits a hardened target, there is an extreme temperature increase, in the range of 5000 degrees Centigrade. The melting points of uranium metal, 1132 degrees Centigrade and uranium oxide, which is 2865 degrees Centigrade, are exceeded. At this extreme heat, a ceramic (glass) form of uranium oxide is created, which is highly insoluble in human body tissue.

            Therefore exposure to DUM (depleted uranium munition) is likely to include uranium oxide dust as well as ceramic uranium oxide aerosol in unknown proportions.

            Any aerosol of this ceramic DUM which is smaller than 10 micron can be inhaled, and it can damage the respiratory system. The very small particles, less than 2.5 micron, can penetrate to the lower lung area, while the larger particles will affect the nose and trachea-bronchial tissue.. The particles can be rough, and the mechanical body motion will tend to knock off the protrusions first. These particles may be small enough to pass the lung-blood barrier and be scavenged by blood cells and deposited (permanently) in the thoracic lymph nodes. While this will be a very small amount, uranium is an alpha particle emitter and can damage the lymph tissue which travels throughout the body. To read the entire article, click here ...

           
           
           
           



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