[ RadSafe ] Michael Kent on coal fumes vs. uranium inhalationpoisoning

[Fred Dawson]

I would be interested to see the particular peer reviewed and published 
papers that support your claim the that 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 and in particular that 
if any such claim were true, the proof of a causative link to uranium 
exposure.

Fred Dawson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Salsman" <james at bovik.org>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>; <Michael.Kent at nmcco.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:55 PM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Michael Kent on coal fumes vs. uranium 
inhalationpoisoning


> Michael Kent asks:
>
>>... I suggest you go after the power plants which burn coal first. The 
>>population as a whole receives a heck of a lot more uranium
>> from these gems, then lets say, depleted uranium shells used in
>> a  specific theater half a world away.
>
> 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.
>
>> ... And their is a lot of medical research that DEFINITIVELY
>> proves this!
>
> Clusters of congenital malformations due to coal plant emissions
> are so minor that I can't find any record of them -- this is the
> closest mention I can find:
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11359199
>
> >>       UO2 + 2 NO + 2 O2 --> UO2(NO3)2
> >>
> >>       UO2 + 2 NO2 + O2 --> UO2(NO3)2
> >>
> >>       2 UO3 + 4 NO + 2 O2 --> 2 UO2(NO3)2
>
> Since uranium munitions burn at temperatures well in excess of 1100
> degrees Celsius, this simpler reaction is perhaps more likely:
>
>      U + 4 O2 + N2 --> UO2(NO3)2
>
> Sincerely,
> James Salsman
>
>
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