Re: DU Story

[Stewart Farber <farbersa@optonline.net>]

Hi all:

Before looking at environmental pollution from one source or another as the cause of any Iraqi [or anti-

war activist] claims of adverse health effects among the Iraqi peoples since the Gulf War, it would be 

necessary to examine and rule out the likely public health impacts of a worsening food, water, sanitation 

and medical care infrastructure on the average citizen there.



Since the Gulf War, Saddam has built dozens of Presidential palaces, and enriched his extended family, at 

a cost of billions $US. His people have unfortunately suffered due to the impact of sanctions in trying 

to topple a despotic regime, but in no small part to Saddam's own spending decisions.  What oil revenues 

Saddam has realized [under the oil for food program] have not been spent to just buy food and help meet 

the public health needs of his people but to shore up his corrupt regime and to promote terrorism [as 

with Saddam giving $25,000 US to the family of every Palestinian suicide bomber].



DU [or oil fire smoke] as a contributor to adverse health effects in Iraq is so far down the list of any 

likely risk factor on public health in Iraq, that the claims of many to this effect become little more 

than appealing but terribly dishonest propaganda.



Stewart Farber, MS Public Health

farbersa@optonline.net

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11/26/02 6:47:14 AM, Kai Kaletsch <eic@shaw.ca> wrote:



>  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.

>   

>     . . .







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