Environment
Depleted uranium, depleted health concerns
Published on Swiss Federal Institute of Technology website on 20 October 2007.
Abstract: As a growing number of Italian soldiers who served in the Balkans meet their death due to serious illness, the specter of 'Balkan Syndrome' and the effects of depleted uranium are again in the spotlight.
Relation of Italian parliamentary committee on DU related diseases among military personnel
Report of the Italian parliamentary committee of inquiry on the deaths and serious illnesses that have struck the Italian military personnel employed in international peacekeeping missions on the conditions on the conservation and use of depleted uranium in military exercises on national territory. Published on 1 March 2006.
Second report of Italian Governmental Commission on DU related diseases in Bosnia and Kosovo
Second report of the committee established by the Minister of Defence on the incidence of malignant neoplasms among the military personnel used in Bosnia and Kosovo. Published on 28 Maj 2001.
Original title: "Seconda relazione della commissione istituita dal ministro della Difesa sull’incidenza di neoplasie maligne tra i militari impiegati in Bosnia e Kossovo".
Report of Italian Governmental Commission on DU related diseases in Bosnia and Kosovo
Preliminary relation of Commission of Italian Ministry of Defense on incidence of malignant neoplasms among Italian military personnel in Bosnia and Kosovo. Published on 19 March 2001.
Original title: "Relazione preliminare della commissione istituita dal ministro della Difesa sull’incidenza di neoplasie maligne tra i militari impiegati in Bosnia e Kossovo".
Radiation Measurements of craters produced by Israeli Bomardments on Lebanon
A Study by Gamma-, Alpha- and Mass- Spectroscopy Measurements of Uranium Isotopes Activity and Mass Ratios in Dust, Soil and Water Samples Obtained from Craters Produced by Israeli Bombardments on Lebanon during the July\August Conflict 2006.
By Dr. Mohammed Ali Kobeissi, Professor of Physics and Researcher, member of Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research.
Radiation possible effects
Original title: DNA protective properties of vanillin against gamma-radiation under different conditions: Possible mechanisms.
By Maurya DK, Adhikari S, Nair CK, Devasagayam TP., Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
Published on 17 June 2007.
DU and Gulf War Syndrome
Depleted uranium: all the questions about du and Gulf war syndrome are not yet answered
By Rosalie Bertell.
Published on International Journal of Health Services, Volume 36, Number 3, Pages 503–520, 2006 © 2006, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.
Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols
Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols: A review from an epidemiological perspective.
By:
- Rita Hindin, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Concentration, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Amherst, MA, USA.
- Doug Brugge, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA, USA.
- Bindu Panikkar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts School of Engineering, 200 College Avenue, Anderson Hall, Medford, MA, USA.
Health consequences of exposure to depleted uranium weapons
Original title: Depleted science: health consequences and mechanisms of exposure to fallout from depleted uranium weapons. Contribution to international du conference hamburg oct 16-19th 2003.
Guided Bomb Unit 28 Description
Abstract: The Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) is a special weapon developed for penetrating hardened Iraqi command centers located deep underground. The GBU-28 is a 5,000-pound laser-guided conventional munition that uses a 4,400-pound penetrating warhead. The bombs are modified Army artillery tubes, weigh 4,637 pounds, and contain 630 pounds of high explosives. They are fitted with GBU-27 LGB kits, 14.5 inches in diameter and almost 19 feet long. The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target.
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