[ RadSafe ] RE: Michael Kent on coal fumes vs. uranium inhalation poisoning

[Kent, Michael D.]

>On the contrary, the entire population of male GWI veterans --
>many hundreds of thousands of people -- are already experiencing
>more than a 50% increase in birth defects, increasing with time.


Mr. Salsman,

Is this increase documented in any scientifically peer reviewed papers, by scientist without an agenda?  I find these numbers to be highly dubious, if for no other reason, the US Media would have eaten this story alive, followed by many months of Congressional hearings and proclamations (the media would love to bash President Bush with this, but that is for another list).  

How about looking to where these munitions are made?  I happen to know where they are made, and I do not seem to recall every male employee having children born with birth defects.

How do you know that any birth defect is not caused by other factors of being in a theater of war.  I hear that breathing in fumes from burning oil wells is wicked good, hence the class action lawsuit floating around now for people who have worked in the oil industry.  Not to mention that the human body when exposed to an extreme amount of prolonged stress (i.e. being in a war zone) suffers some very real side affects that is analogous to being poisoned.  Then you have all the vaccinations for various agents that servicemen are given prior to arriving in Iraq.  Many servicemen do not want the vaccinations but are ordered to take them.  My bottom line is, I do not believe there is anyway to prove or disprove your claim using servicemen with all of the co founding factors that are in play at the present time.

During a discussion with an acquaintance, he poignantly pointed out that a majority of the human race has a need to worship something or someone.  I think that with a lot of anti-nuclear people this has become your religion.  So for me to continue a dialogue with you would surmount to a Christian trying to convert a Muslim, Hebrew, or vice versa.

I applaud your efforts to try and learn, but when learning you should go into it with an open mind, and not rely on a sole source.

My own opinions.

Michael Kent.

BTW, I hope you daughter doesn't eat to much tuna when she is pregnant.  Nasty coal plants........