Iraq War nurse poisoned by radioactive dust from Iraq War bombs - URANIUM EXPOSURE
Katrina Brown has a deadly illness called systemic sclerosis after being exposed to poisonous material in Iraq where depleted uranium munitions were used. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
Now, though, Katrina realises her deadly illness is the result of being exposed to the highly poisonous material, which was used in bunker-buster bombs during the war.
Depleted uranium has been linked to high rates of cancer and birth defects. It is the product left over after natural uranium is enriched to make fuel for nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons. It has been blamed for a host of health problems among British soldiers who served in the two Gulf War conflicts.
Highly toxic and 2.5 times denser than iron, it is used to increase the penetrative power of bombs and bullets. If a weapon fired with a DU tip strikes a solid object, such as the side of a tank, it is so tough that it remains sharp on impact.
It's also very flammable — adding further devastating damage to the target before it erupts in a burning cloud of vapour which settles as dust. This dust is poisonous if inhaled and also contains dangerous levels of radiation. During the early months of the conflict, in 2003, it is estimated that up to 2,000 tons of munitions laced with DU were fired by the British and American forces. This was in addition to the 320 tons fired in the previous Gulf war nearly 12 years before.
Official reports by Iraqi scientists have since identified 365 sites, mainly in the Basra region of southern Iraq as being still contaminated with DU dust. The numbers of children diagnosed with cancer in the area has rocketed and local people complain they are suffering from serious life-threatening illnesses that never existed before the first Gulf conflict.
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