quarta-feira, setembro 21, 2005

 

DU: O Urânio Empobrecido - 15


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Um blackout na grande mídia norte-americana mantem o público ignorante deste fato: Morte por DU ultrapassa 11.ooo soldados. Um relatório especial publicado por eminente cientista identificou o urânio empobrecido como a causa definitiva da 'síndrome da guerra do golfo' [de 1991] o que alimentou o escândalo sobre seu uso nas munições dos militares dos EUA. A doença [proveniente do DU] que afetou milhares de militares norte-americanos e que levou à morte foi finalmente identificada como a causa desta doença, eliminando o "achismo"...Esta terrível verdade está agora sendo revelada. Dos 580.400 soldados da Guerra do Golfo I, 11.000 já estão mortos. No ano 2.000, existiam 325.000 soldados com desabilidade médica permanente. Depois de 10 anos, mais da metade (56 %) daqueles que serviram na Guerra do Golfo I estão com problemas médicos permanentes. A taxa de desabilitação de veteranos das duas guerras mundiais era de 5 %, que subiu para 10 % na guerra do Vietnã. A administração Bush está escondendo estes fatos. O total dos veteranos, de ambas as guerras no Golfo Pérsico, agora desabilitados, totaliza 518.739 pessoas. O efeito a longo prazo do DU [uma arma tóxica terrível] é uma virtual sentença de morte. Um químico nuclear disse que as malignidades novas e rápidas nos soldados desta segunda guerra no golfo são 'espetaculares' - e motivo de preocupação.
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Artigo original:

DU Death Toll Tops 11,000

Nationwide Media Blackout Keeps U.S. Public Ignorant About This Important Story

By James P. Tucker Jr.

The death toll from the highly toxic weapons component known as depleted
uranium (DU) has reached 11,000 soldiers and the growing scandal may be the reason behind Anthony Principi’s departure as secretary of the Veterans
Affairs Department.

This view was expressed by Arthur Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York, writing in Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter.

“The real reason for Mr. Principi’s departure was really never given,” Bernklau said. “However, a special report published by eminent scientist Leuren Moret naming depleted uranium as the definitive cause of ‘Gulf War Syndrome’ has fed a growing scandal about the continued use of uranium
munitions by the U.S. military.”

The “malady [from DU] that thousands of our military have suffered and died from has finally been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating the guessing. . . . The terrible truth is now being revealed,” Bernklau said.

Of the 580,400 soldiers who served in Gulf War I, 11,000 are now dead, he said. By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on permanent medical disability. More than a decade later, more than half (56 percent) who served in Gulf War I have permanent medical problems. The disability rate for veterans of the world wars of the last century was 5 percent, rising to 10 percent in Vietnam.

“The VA secretary was aware of this fact as far back as 2000,” Bernklau said. “He and the Bush administration have been hiding these facts, but now, thanks to Moret’s report, it is far too big to hide or to cover up.”

Terry Johnson, public affairs specialist at the VA, recently reported that veterans of both Persian Gulf wars now on disability total 518,739, Bernklau said.

“The long-term effect of DU is a virtual death sentence,” Bernklau said. “Marion Fulk, a nuclear chemist, who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, and was also involved in the Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers [from the second war] as ‘spectacular’—and a matter of concern.’ ”

While this important story appeared in a Washington newspaper and the wire services, it did not receive national exposure—a compelling sign that the American public is being kept in the dark about the terrible effects of this toxic weapon. (Veterans for Constitutional Law can be reached at (516) 474-4261.)




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