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• UK campaigners call on MoD to publicly release depleted uranium legal review

  Following the revelation that the Ministry of Defence had been misleading MPs and campaigners over the legal status of the UK's CHARM3 DU munitions, the UK Uranium Weapons Network has formally requested that the new review be made public.
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• A Review of Depleted Uranium Biological Effects: In Vivo Studies

  Presentation by Dr Alexandra Miller of the US Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) compiling the in vivo research by AFRRI and others into the biological effects of depleted uranium exposure.
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• A Review of Depleted Uranium Biological Effects: In Vitro Studies

  Presentation by Dr Alexandra Miller of the US Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) compiling the in vitro research by AFRRI and others into the biological effects of depleted uranium exposure.
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• Critique of the European Commission's SCHER risk assessment on depleted uranium

  SCHER was mandated to produce its Opinion following 2008’s landslide EP resolution on DU weapons, which called for an EU moratorium. SCHER was specifically requested by the Commission to consider the wealth of new data on DU’s genotoxicity and its implications for human health.
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• Pressure grows for increased transparency over France’s depleted uranium testing range

  In response to local concerns over the environmental and health impact of depleted uranium testing at Bourges, France, the General Council of the Department of Cher has passed a resolution calling for greater transparency and a moratorium on testing.
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