Re: (U.S.) Contacts for DU/Gulf War, etc. Questions?

[David W Lee <lee_david_w@lanl.gov>]

Duane:

        Contact Eric Daxon at  col_eric_daxon@medcom2.smtplink.amedd.army.mil   Best regards David


At 02:16 PM 4/23/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear RADSAFERs,
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>I work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and have primarily been
>involved with our regulatory program over uranium recovery
>facilities--uranium mills and in-situ leach mine/mill facilities. Our agency
>receives frequent questions from members of the public and from the press
>regarding the use of depleted uranium in shells that have been or may be
>used in armed conflicts, especially the Gulf War in Iraq and the current war
>in Kosovo. A number of these questions have been referred to me, because I
>am involved in uranium issues.
>
>I'm not the best person to answer these questions, and our agency is not the
>best agency, either (I think). I am hoping to find contacts of people who
>would be well versed in this subject and better prepared to answer these
>types of questions. I know that the Department of Defense has been studying
>the potential health effects of this issue, and I have heard that the
>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of
>Health may have also been studying these issues, so there may be some better
>contacts at those agencies.
>
>If you know someone who would be a good contact for such questions, or if
>you would like to volunteer to be a contact for such questions, please let
>me know. I will not refer questions to anyone who has not agreed to answer
>such questions. Contacts could be e-mail and/or phone contacts (good web
>pages might be useful, but are less helpful than "real people"). Response by
>private e-mail, to    dws2@nrc.gov   would be fine.
>
>Thanks for any help. Have a good weekend!
>
>Duane.
>
>Duane W. Schmidt, CHP
>U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
>Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
>Division of Waste Management
>mailto:   dws2@nrc.gov
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DAVID W. LEE
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