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Russian Government Finds DU Dangerous

According to a statement in early June by Lieutenant General Boris Alexeyev, the Russian  Defence Ministry have found DU dangerous for human life and health, but only in  combination with other substances.  A commission from the International Atomic Energy  Authority carried out complex research into the effects of DU on the environment in  Yugoslavia.   NATO’s destruction of many chemical and pharmaceutical companies released into the  environment many substances which became very dangerous once they combined with  DU.  The laboratories which analysed these products claim that 36 of them are lethal for  animals and 11 for people.  Leukaemia was singled out as the most significant danger. For CADU, this report raises questions.  We do not question that DU may well be even  more dangerous when in combination with other substances, which may produce a  synergistic effect quite different from exposure to DU alone.   But we question their finding that DU was not dangerous per se.    What tests were carried out?  Who was tested and what was their  exposure route?

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From CADU News 8: Summer 2001

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