Background: The military use of depleted uranium (DU) and/or recycled uranium (RU) has given rise to public concern as to the impact on public health of exposure to environmental sources. Exposure to soluble natural uranium, through drinking water and the food chain, is ubiquitous. After military use, DU / RU are present in the environment…
Published on Friendly fire on 4 December 2006. Friendly Fire is a newsletter, published three times a year, and collates the work of the 15 disarmament European organisations, the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons.
This document delineates actions as a result of combat and non-combat situations. Prescribes guidance for conducting surveys and decontamination of Army fielded radioactive commodities. Prescribes guidance for handling foreign equipment that may be contaminated. Describes the functions of the Army Contaminated Equipment Retrograde Team. Released on 27 September 2002. Read the full text: p700_48.pdf
Memorandum for commanders, medcom major subordinate commands, released on 29 April 2004. Read the full text: DU MEDMGMT OTSG.pdf
This new regulation establishes formal Army policy and procedures for handling equipment that has been determined to be contaminated with depleted uranium or radioactive commodities. Delineates actions as a result of combat and non-combat situations. Prescribes guidance for handling foreign equipment that may be contaminated. Establishes the Army Contaminated Equipment Retrograde Team. Published on 16…
Press release by Ground zero center for nonviolent action. Published on 8 June 2005.
Submitted to the Undersecretary of State for Defence. Published on February 2007. Abstracts: The Depleted Uranium Oversight Board (DUOB) was established in 2001 to oversee a testing programme for British veterans (military and civilian) who wished to know whether they had been significantly exposed to depleted uranium (DU) in the 1990/91 Gulf War or during…
Original title: Depleted and Enriched Uranium in Lebanon, a Scientific Approach to the Clarification of whether Uranium was used in the Israeli/Lebanon Conflict. By Dr. Mohammed Ali Kobeissi, Professor of Physics and Researcher, member of Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research.
By Dai Williams, independent researcher Eos, Surrey, UK. Published on September 2006.
Original title: Evidence of “almost natural” Uranium contamination in recent combat zones indicates the development and use of large uranium weapons.