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Hmmm,
Lets see: The oil wells were burning for how long?
Crude contains how many KNOWN carcinogens? Burning oil at high temperatures
under oxygen deficiency probably creates how many more KNOWN carcinogens? But,
lets blame any health effects on the HYPOTHETICAL carcinogen, Low Level
Radiation.
(That way we get to keep selling our oil and we can
continue using the money to prop up our corrupt regimes and support al Qaeda,
instead of buying U from Saskatchewan, where there are fewer al Qaeda and our
regime is somewhat less corrupt.)
Sorry for the rant.
Kai
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Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:41
AM
Subject: RE: DU Story
Norm,
Actually, the only known definitive effect I am aware
of is getting hit by a DU round, or being in a tank that was hit by one.
I believe there were some studies looking a US troops who had embedded DU
shapnel in them. See http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/pdf/livengood.pdf
I also assume that there is a wealth of data on those involved with uranium
process, excluding miners who would have the confounding exposures from
radon. I am sure someone on this list can provide
references.
Norm, since you are somewhat well read and have
access to many of the items we on RADSAFE have on the Internet, what do you
think of the article? Excluding the health effects of low doses of
uranium, did you see any comments or statements that you feel are biased and
take away for the real issue of health v. speculation.
-- John
John P.
Jacobus, MS
Certified Health
Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
e-mail: jenday1@msn.com
Dave,
There's alot of unknowns about DU and its efefcts and
alot of claims have been made that may or may not be true. I mean Iraqis
wouldn't lie about the effects, now would they? ;-) Kuwaitis
wouldn't cover up the effects on the orders of the US wouldthey? ;-) I
haven't come to any firm conclusions on the effects of DU on civilians in
Iraq or Kossovo. I believe that there's some health effects, but how much I
don't know. DU is an issue that others on the anti side of things know more
about than me.
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