RE: International Conference against DU (incl. Bertell, Hooper & Busb

["Bradshaw, Keith" <Keith.Bradshaw@nnc.co.uk>]

Dear colleagues

I've put a comment after the message below:

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Grant Wilton [SMTP:gwilton@chem.swri.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 14, 2000 5:39 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: International Conference against DU (incl. Bertell,
> Hooper & Busb
> 
> 
> >All of which is to say that the tests done on 85 urine samples - which
> DND
> says show the soldiers had less uranium in their systems than people in
> the
> general population have - are wrong from start to conclusion.
> The labs doing the testing weren't properly equipped to detect depleted
> uranium at all, said Hooper. Whole uranium occurs in the body naturally,
> and
> is easier to detect than depleted uranium. <
> 
> 
> Can someone on RadSafe enlighten me as to what, if any, difference there
> is
> between DU and natural Uranium with respect to its internal interaction
> with
> the human body.  <SNIP>
> 
	Hooper might not have meant this.  What he *could* have meant is
that the testing labs used some inappropriate analytical technique.  Does
anyone know, purely out of interest, precisely which analytical techniques
have been used on these Gulf War veterans' urine?

	Personal views only

	Regards

	keith.bradshaw@nnc.co.uk

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