[ RadSafe ] FW: Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: the nuclear legacy

[Roger Helbig]

They have gone off the deep end before!  Wonder if any of them have
actually looked at the science.  Their journal, unfortunately, would be
considered much more solid than the on-line for profit ones.  This should
really be dug into, but I have no idea who will that has credentials enough
for anyone to care.

Roger


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com> wrote:

> May 22
>
>         This assessment of cancer in Iraq was published in Medicine,
> Conflict, and Survival (MCS); which is an official journal of Medact, and
> IPPNW (the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War).
>
>         Wikipedia link to Medact:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Medact<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medact>
>
>         Wikipedia link to IPPNW:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**International_Physicians_for_**
> the_Prevention_of_Nuclear_War<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Physicians_for_the_Prevention_of_Nuclear_War>
>
>         I read about two-thirds of the MCS article and skimmed the balance
> of it.  I found it to be a somewhat jumbled mess.  Increases in cancer are
> noted, and then tacitly attributed to depleted uranium.  And DU doesn't
> merely cause cancer:  "The fine Uranium particles damages the neuromuscular
> system and the nerves, and there is no treatment for it. Uranium impacts on
> dental health, resulting in the crumbling of the teeth."
>
>         And so it goes.  I would not give the MCS article a whole lot of
> credence.
>
> Steven Dapra
>
>
> At 08:01 AM 5/22/2013, you wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I thought this may be of interest.
>>
>> Bobby
>> B. R. Scott
>> LRRI, Albuquerque, NM, USA
>>
>> ______________________________**__
>>
>> From: Alan Crompton [mailto:A331221694@**distribution.cision.com<A331221694 at distribution.cision.com>
>> ]
>> Sent: Wed 5/22/2013 6:10 AM
>> To: Scott, Bobby
>> Subject: Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: the nuclear legacy
>>
>> Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: the nuclear legacy
>>
>>
>> Assessing the impact of depleted uranium pollution on the environment and
>> public health
>>
>> Ten years after the Iraq war of 2003 a team of scientists based in Mosul,
>> northern Iraq, have detected high levels of uranium contamination in soil
>> samples at three sites in the province of Nineveh which, coupled with
>> dramatically increasing rates of childhood cancers and birth defects at
>> local hospitals, highlight the ongoing legacy of modern warfare to
>> civilians in conflict zones.
>>
>
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