[ RadSafe ] [DUStory] Hiroshima Newspaper Series Reappears

[Perrero, Daren]

John

Looks like your spell checker was left on ... ;-) 

Daren

The opinions expressed are mine, all mine.....
I'm with the government, I'm here to help you.
Daren Perrero
daren.perrero(a)illinois.gov


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of John Jacobus
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:04 AM
To: Brennan, Mike (DOH); DUStory at yahoogroups.com; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] [DUStory] Hiroshima Newspaper Series Reappears

I suggest testing for vernial diseases first.

--- "Brennan, Mike  (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
wrote:

> >From one of the articles in the series, quoting the
> wife of an American
> tank gunner who had been in the Gulf War:
> 
> "Actually, whenever we had sex, I had a terrible burning sensation in 
> my vagina. It was like acid. Now we know that it was because his semen

> was contaminated with heavy metal. But we knew nothing about that 
> until we happened to run into someone who was studying depleted 
> uranium in 1994."
> 
> It then goes on to talk about how her health was destroyed by DU.
> 
> I have to admit that I have a great deal of difficulty believing that 
> her husband could have such high concentrations of heavy metal, or any

> toxic material, in his body that detectable quantities could be 
> transferred to her via this pathway.  I acknowledge that there 
> probably haven't been many studies of this particular contamination 
> pathway, but still.
> 
> I also notice that while the article said that she had been tested by 
> a private lab that found DU in her urine, there was no mention of 
> similar results for her husband.  I find it hard to believe the author

> would have left that out if it were available.
> 
> After reading a couple of the articles in this series, I have no 
> confidence that the author has any commitment to the truth.