DU Information

For anyone taking on a Report/Study of Depleted Uranium Ordnance, it's use and long term effects on Populations used on, plus those who handle it.

The following was posted at the VetPax · Veterans Peace Coalition Yahoo Group Board.

VetPax is a Coalition of Veterans belonging to Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and a few other Veterans Groups in and around the New York City, New Jersey area.

Here is the Posting Announcement:

Bronx - depleted uranium forum Mon 6/12

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:

May 21, 2006

The Coalition to Ban Depleted Uranium (CBDU){This is the International Coalition to Ban Depleted Uranium Site}, a Bronx -

Westchester based advocacy group, will present a forum at

the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture on

Monday, June 12 from 7 to 9 PM. The forum, entitled

"Depleted Uranium: Destroying Veterans Lives/Polluting

the Global Environment", is designed to raise awareness

of a critical issue affecting the health and lives of

veterans of the first Gulf War, the Balkans, Afghanistan,

as well as troops currently serving in or just returning

from Iraq, and how this material will pose a continuing

environmental and health hazard for centuries to come.

The forum will also serve to help CBDU forge alliances

with groups, such as the International Coalition to Ban

Uranium Weapons (ICBUW), whose purpose is to stop the

manufacture, sale and use of DU weapons worldwide.

Depleted Uranium (DU) is the residue resulting from the

enrichment of Uranium for use in nuclear weapons and

power plants. It is both radioactive and a toxic metal.

In a recent study, it was shown that DU binds with DNA

which can result in mutations that can cause severe birth

defects. Tens of thousands of soldiers have been exposed

to DU's damaging effects since the first Gulf War. The

military, VA and U.S. government will not admit that DU

poses a problem.

Participating in the forum will be Frida Berrigan, writer

and Senior Research Associate at the Arms Trade Resource

Center of the World Policy Institute in New York, and

daughter of famed activists Elizabeth McAlister and the

late Philip Berrigan; Rev. Lucius Walker, Executive

Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community

Organization (IFCO) and founder of Pastors for Peace, who

recently visited Iraq; and retired SSgt. Raymond Ramos of

the New York National Guard, who has tested positive for

DU exposure as a result of his tour of duty in Iraq, and

is one of 12 soldiers currently suing the U.S. government

to have their conditions acknowledged and treated.

The Society for Ethical Culture is located at 4450

Fieldston Road Bronx, NY, 10471. For more information,

call 718-549-1601, email nomoredu@earthlink.net or visit

the website No More DU.

This is from the above site:

Coalition to Ban Depleted Uranium - No More DU

Our mission is to:

**Present the latest facts and figures on the use of DU munitions and products by the U.S. and other governments

**Describe and monitor DU's effect on troops, veterans, and civilian populations in not only the countries where it was used but also countries to where the particles have traveled

**Advocate for the testing and treatment of returning troops for DU poisoning

**Act as a clearinghouse for information on the rights and resources available to DU victims

**Network with other DU groups and human rights organizations worldwide to work toward the eventual ban of DU weapons and products

Anyone in or around the New York City area, or if you have connections there, may want to attend the above forum on DU. For further information and connections to many working on getting this the Public Mindset it should have!!