[Peace-discuss] Fwd: California City Council Calls For Ban On Uranium Weapons
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Fri Jan 17 19:00:55 CST 2003
Success, one city at a time until all cities of all nations and all nations
ban depleted uranium.
dr. doug rokke
DEPLETED URANIUM: Dr. Doug Rokke, Major, USAR, former Gulf War I DU team
health physicist and DU Project Director
Gulf War I was the first significant use of DU in combat with at least 320
tons of DU munitions contamination left on the battlefield. During 1995 and
1996, the U.S. Marines fired DU munitions in Okinawa then did not tell the
Japanese Government for over one year. During 1995 the U.S. military fired
at least 10000 rounds of DU munitions in Serbia followed by at least 31000
rounds of DU munitions into Kosovo and Serbia during 1999. Astonishingly, the
U.S. Navy fired DU on Vieques, Puerto Rico to prepare for Kosovo attacks in
willful violation of U.S. and international law and have ignored adverse
health effects and environmental contamination to avoid liability.
Verified DU exposure adverse health effects include: (a) Reactive airway
disease, (b) neurological abnormalities, (c) kidney stones and chronic kidney
pain, (d) rashes, (e) vision degradation, night vision losses, and cataracts
(f) gum tissue problems, (g) lymphoma, (h) various forms of skin and organ
cancer, (I) neuro-psychological disorders, (j) uranium in semen, (k) sexual
dysfunction, and (l) birth defects in offspring.
Since the Gulf War, the cover-up of adverse health and environmental
consequences has been the objective of U.S. Department of Defense officials
so that they can always use DU in combat. The cover-up started with the
infamous Los Alamos memorandum sent to our team in Saudi Arabia during March
1991. This memo told us to be sure that we should only report our findings
so DU munitions could always be used. IN OTHER WORDS LIE! A letter sent to
General Leslie Groves during 1943 is even more disturbing. In that
memorandum dated October 30, 1943, senior scientists assigned to the
Manhattan Project suggested that uranium could be used as an air, water, and
terrain contaminant. According to the letter sent by the Subcommittee of the
S-1 Executive Committee on the "Use of Radioactive Materials as a Military
Weapon" to General Groves (October 30, 1943) inhalation of uranium would
result in "bronchial irritation coming on in a few hours to a few days".
This is exactly what happened to those of us who inhaled DU dust during
Operation Desert Storm and in U.S. soldiers in the Balkans. The subcommittee
went on further to state that "Beta emitting products could get into the
gastrointestinal tract from polluted water, or food, or air. From the air,
they would get on the mucus of the nose, throat, bronchi, etc. and be
swallowed. The effects would be local irritation just as in the bronchi and
exposures of the same amount would be required. The stomach, caecum and
rectum, where contents remain for longer periods than elsewhere would be most
likely affected. It is conceivable that ulcers and perforations of the gut
followed by death could be produced, even without any general effects from
radiation".
Today, while medical problems increase medical care is denied or delayed for
all uranium exposed casualties while United States Department of Defense and
British Ministry of Defense officials continue to deny any correlation
between uranium exposure and adverse health and environmental effects. They
contend that they can spread radioactive waste (uranium 238) in anyone's
backyard without cleaning it up and providing medical care. Their arrogance
is astonishing!
As the Army's DU expert (1991- 1995) my conclusions and recommendations
were that: (1) All DU contamination must be removed and disposed of to
prevent future exposures. (2) Specialized radiation detection devices that
detect and measure alpha particles, beta articles, x-rays, and gamma rays
emissions must be acquired and distributed because standard radiation
detection equipment will not detect DU contamination.. (3) Medical care must
be provided to all DU casualties. (4) All individuals who enter, climb on, or
work within 25 meters of any DU contaminated equipment or terrain must wear
respiratory and skin protection. (5) DU contaminated and damaged equipment or
materials should not be recycled to manufacture new materials or equipment.
(6) All individuals who may encounter DU must complete specialized education
and training.
Even though Department of Defense directives have required medical care,
education and training, and environmental remediation for years: (1) Medical
care has not been provided to all DU casualties. (2) Environmental
remediation has not been completed. (3) Contaminated and damaged equipment
and materials have been recycled to manufacture new products. (4) Training
and education has only been partially implemented. (5) Contamination
management procedures have not been distributed and implemented.
Today, all citizens of the world must raise a unified voice to ban the
future use of depleted uranium munitions and force the leaders of those
nations that have used depleted uranium munitions to recognize the immoral
consequences of their actions, provide medical care to "all" DU casualties,
and complete environmental remediation. And to cite a famous quotation: "AND
A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM". But if the children are sick or dead and the
citizens of the world permit this to continue then there will not be a child
who can fulfill the prophecy and lead us to peace.
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