Disturbing story of Fallujah's birth defects

[kwame k]

There wasn't any Gulf War Syndrome either and they basically neglected our own people over that.

So I have no doubt that this will get glossed over, too.

[Nitro Express]

The use of DU in munitions is controversial because of questions about potential long-term health effects.[4] Normal functioning of the kidney, brain, liver, heart, and numerous other systems can be affected by uranium exposure, because in addition to being weakly radioactive, uranium is a toxic metal.[5] It is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long half-life (4.468 billion years for uranium-238). The aerosol produced during impact and combustion of depleted uranium munitions can potentially contaminate wide areas around the impact sites or can be inhaled by civilians and military personnel.[6] During a three week period of conflict in 2003 in Iraq, 1,000 to 2,000 tonnes of DU munitions were used, mostly in cities.[7]
The actual acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also a point of medical controversy. Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents suggest the possibility of leukemogenic, genetic, reproductive, and neurological effects from chronic exposure.[4] A 2005 epidemiology review concluded: "In aggregate the human epidemiological evidence is consistent with increased risk of birth defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."[8] The World Health Organization states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic effects have been reported in humans.[9][10] However, the objectivity of this report has been called into question.[11]

From Wikipedia

[GAR]

What!!!!!!

Holy shit, what the fuck are we putting in our bombs.....reason 1000 why this was an unjust war.

Uh, how about all that manhandling of lead by enemy combatants? They probably loaded their rifles and ate with the same unwashed hands.

Lead, cadmium plating, depleted uranium.. the worst known cause of metals induced birth defects is mercury. That's the stuff you look for high levels of in the blood initially.