Re: Reason Online: Nuclear Genocide?

[maury <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>]

Awwww, come on, Bob. Surely you don't think anyone would do that, do

you?

(wut's the hourly pay scale -- I have some spare time. Can I anti

something?)

Cheers,

Maury  Siskel   maury@ebtexas.com

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BobCherry@AOL.COM wrote:



> Radsafer's may find this column on depleted uranium interesting:

>

> http://www.reason.com/rb/rb032603.shtml

>

> An extract:

> ===================================================

> If DU is not notably harmful to human health or the environment, why

> the fierce opposition to it? A lot of it has to do with conventional

> anti-nuclear activism: Some people automatically object to anything

> that hints of nuclear radiation. Second, some of the opposition is the

> result of a successful Iraqi disinformation campaign claiming that

> exposure to DU had caused thousands of cancers and birth defects to

> innocent civilians. When the WHO offered to investigate the claims,

> Iraqi officials flatly refused the offer. Other than trying to gain

> international sympathy, Pentagon officials argue that one of the real

> aims of the Iraqi campaign was to get DU munitions outlawed

> internationally so they would not have to face them again.

>

> In addition, many U.S. veterans who returned from the Gulf War believe

> that they are suffering from "Gulf War Syndrome," a constellation of

> disparate medical problems that they think can be traced to their

> service in that war. One suggested explanation for their problems

> might be exposure to DU dust. But as we've seen, no credible studies

> show that exposure to DU is likely to be causing their problems.

>

> Finally, there is always a claque of activists who simply will pick up

> any stick with which to beat and demonize the United States. For them,

> the myth of severe DU toxicity is just another handy stick.

> ======================================================

>

> I would add one more reason: At least one person who has experienced

> many failures in his life seems to have found his calling and is able

> to make a living as an anti-DU activist.

>

> Bob C



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