Depleted uranium threatens thousands of lives in Basra, government turns blind eye –researcher :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it:

"'Basra has experienced an unprecedented rise in solid cancer cases during the past four years: 62 cases per 100,000 persons compared to 35 in 1997,' Vartanian explained.

Exposure to military depleted uranium (DU) pollution has not only increased solid cancer cases in the province, but caused severe birth deformities in newborn babies, he added. 'Other cases of renal failure, skin disease, allergy, infertility and recurrent miscarriages were also attributed to DU pollution,' he indicated, adding that most of the reported cases were close to the contaminated sites."