文档介绍：Depleted Uranium:
Scientific Basis for
Assessing Risk
July 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
OVERVIEW
Properties 4
Management, Storage, and Disposal 4
Commercial/Civilian Applications 5
Military Applications 6
HISTORY
Persian Gulf War ’91 6
Friendly Fire 8
The Balkans 9
Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003) 9
Testing: Okinawa, Japan 10
Testing: Vieques, Puerto Rico 10
BROADER ISSUES
Contaminated DU 11
Proliferation 11
HEALTH EFFECTS
The Pentagon 11
Exposure in Brief 12
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) 12
World anization (WHO) 12
British Royal Society 13
Concurring mendations 13
US GOVERNMENT
Influence 14
Research 15
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Fundamental Measurements 16
Low-level Radiation and Cell Biology 17
Studies on Children in Iraq 19
Animal Studies 20
COMPARISONS
Low-level Radiation, Pregnant Women and Birth Defects 20
Children and Lead Poisoning 21
INTERNATIONAL LAW 21
MENDATIONS 21
Depleted Uranium 2
The Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI)
The Nuclear Policy Research Institute was founded in 2001 by Nobel Peace Prize nominee, physician, and author Dr.
Helen Caldicott. It was established to facilitate a far-reaching, effective, ongoing public education campaign in the
mainstream media about the often-underestimated dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear power programs.
Staff
Charles Sheehan-Miles, Executive Director
Christine Haenn, Communications Director
Regina Dick-Endrizzi, Administrative Director
Roe Ann White, Development Consultant
Scott Powell, Research Assistant
Board of Directors
Helen Caldicott, ., President
Joe Keon, .
Nina Wilcox-Merson
Richard Saxon, .
Board of Advisors
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