Depleted Uranium was used by the US and UK in the Gulf War, Sebia and Kosovo. It is highly toxic and radioactive and said to have a half life of 4.5 billion years. Civilians and former soldiers are getting sick. The US denies that DU is the cause.
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During the Gulf War in 1991, US and UK forces used a new weapon against Iraq. This new weapon, the depleted uranium (DU) projectile, is radioactive. Unlike atomic or hydrogen bombs, it involves no nuclear fusion or fission but nine years after the end of the war, adverse health effects from DU exposure continue to manifest themselves among military personnel and civilians in Iraq and Yugoslavia where the fighting took place, and among US and British veterans and their families.
Tashiro traveled through the US, UK, and Iraq to cover this story. He was confronted at every turn by the specter of "discounted casualties," - people exposed to depleted uranium and other toxic substances, and now tormented by leukemia and a whole array of chronic disorders. This is an interview about his work.
Akira Tashiro is a senior staff writer for the Chugoku Shimbun, a daily newspaper with a morning edition circulation of 135,000. The Chugoku Shimbun was founded in 1892 and is one of Japan's major newspapers.
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