[ RadSafe ] uranium birth defect causation details

[Mercado, Don]

I'd hardly call "16 volunteers" with "suspect exposures to depleted
uranium" and "increase in the frequency of dicentric chromosomes (dic)
and centric ring chromosomes (cR)", a representative sample of all Gulf
War veterans, proof that they were exposed to DU, or that it caused any
adverse health effects. 

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Behalf Of James Salsman
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:46 AM
To: Maury Siskel
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] uranium birth defect causation details


Well, I should point out that Dr. Schott's study appeared in the
scientific peer-reviewed medical literature --
   http://rpd.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/3/211
-- while the Royal Society report did not.

Also, the chair of the Royal Society working group on depleted uranium,
Professor Brian Spratt, has made a number of comments subsequent to the
publication of their report expressing a great deal more concern than
the conclusions of the report might imply.

Sincerely,
James Salsman

Maury Siskel wrote:

> All of which provides an excellent illustration between science and
> politics AND how the former is misused to futher the goals of the
latter 
> ....
> Cheers,
> Maury&Dog   Maury Siskel   maurysis at ev1.net
> 
> ===================
> James Salsman wrote:
> 
>> Julian Ginniver wrote:
>>
>>> James I would like to draw you attention to the following statements
>>> issued by the Royal Society in the UK.  A well respected, 
>>> independent, scientific body. Between 2000 and 2003 they instigated 
>>> an independent review of the potential health effects of DU....
>>
>>
>>
>> Firstly, please note that the U.K. Pension Appeal Tribunal Service
>> tribunal in Edinburgh, February, 2004 rejected the claims of that 
>> Royal Society report in the case of Kenny Duncan, of Clackmannan, who

>> has Gulf War syndrome and two children both with birth defects. The 
>> tribunal reported that chromosome damage studies performed by Dr. 
>> Albrecht Schott of Germany clearly indicated the same kind of genetic

>> damage reported by the U.S. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research
Institute:
> 
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