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RE: BBC - DU stories



> Friday, May 07, 1999 Mosho, George wrote:
> 
> Additional coverage on the DU topic can be viewed at this WebPage.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_337000/337855.stm
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_337000/337855.stm> 
> 
> George D. Mosho, CHMM
> Health Physicist
> Argonne National Laboratory
> 9700 S. Cass Avenue
> Argonne, IL  60439-4814
> 
> (630) 252-6172  Voice
> (630) 252 6161   Facsimile
> mosho@anl.gov <mailto:mosho@anl.gov> 
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> 
 FYI, the DU affair is now creeping into politics:

> OTTAWA - HOUSE OF COMMONS
posted at URL
http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfocomDoc/36/1/FAIT/Meetings/Evidence/FAITEV39-E.HTM

> STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
> EVIDENCE 
> [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] 
> Tuesday, March 17, 1998 
> ..
> Ms. Anne Adelson (Spokesperson, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace): Good
> morning. I'm glad to be here representing Canadian Voice of Women for
> Peace.
> ... 
> ...the depleted uranium issue. I've added an appendix from Dr. Rosalie
> Bertell, who is one of our members. There's a case before the UN human
> rights tribunal that is looking at depleted uranium, most of which is
> Canadian and has no civilian application. It does have a military
> application in coating bullets and reinforcing armour and tanks. 
> According to this study, which you will be able to read, it's very likely
> that depleted uranium has been responsible for Gulf War syndrome,
> imperilling the health and lives of both civilian people in Iraq and
> soldiers. We really feel that attention should be paid to this because
> this
> is one of the ways that Canada is contributing to the spread of one form
> of
> nuclear weapons. It is not a nuclear weapon per se, but Canadian uranium
> does make a contribution in this regard. 
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