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Wednesday, January 07, 2004
The Lingering Toxins of War
One of the lesser-known horrors of the war in Iraq is the US's use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions, which are causing serious health problems for soldiers and civilians exposed to these weapons. The DC Anti-War Network is sponsoring a visit by DU munitions expert Dr. Doug Rokke, a former Army health physicist who was among the first to investigate DU's lingering toxic effects and who led the Army's DU cleanup operation following the first Gulf War. Two and a half years after performing tests on uranium tank rounds, Rokke was diagnosed with internal uranium contamination.
Rokke believes that the long-lasting contamination of the environment beyond the time of battle, as well as the effects on non-combatants, makes the use of DU munitions in warfare and training illegal under human rights principles established by the United Nations. Hear him talk on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 1:30 p.m., at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library (10th and G Streets NW). For more information, call Karen O’Keefe at 202/635-1903 or Jose Rodriguez at 703/751-8750.
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