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Introduction | News | Information | Resources | Affiliate | Action | Links | Contact ...And DU Bill in Congress Congressman Jim McDermott has introduced legislation requiring studies
on the health and environmental impact of depleted uranium into the US
Congress. Bill 1483 also demands the cleanup and mitigation of depleted
uranium contamination at sites within the United States where DU has been
used or produced. McDermott, a medical doctor, has been concerned about
this issue since veterans of the Gulf War started experiencing unexplained
illnesses. His concern deepened, he said, after visiting Iraq, where Iraqi
paediatricians told him that the incidence of severely deformed infants
and childhood cancers has skyrocketed. This bill can be seen at: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Read more articles about The Movement to Ban Depleted Uranium Introduction | News | Information | Resources | Affiliate | Action | Links | Contact Page last updated: 6th December 2002 |