Tests show Gulf war victims have uranium poisoning
Jonathon Carr-Brown and Martin Meissonnier NEW evidence
that Gulf war syndrome exists and was caused by radiation
poisoning will be revealed today by a former American army
colonel who was at the centre of his government's attempts to
diagnose the illness.
Dr Asaf Durakovic will tell a conference of eminent nuclear
scientists in Paris that "tens of thousands" of British and
American soldiers are dying from radiation from depleted uranium
(DU) shells fired during the Gulf war.
The findings will undermine the British and American governments'
claims that Gulf war syndrome does not exist and intensify
pressure from veterans on both sides of the Atlantic for
compensation.
Durakovic, who is professor of nuclear medicine at Georgetown
University, Washington, and the former head of nuclear medicine
at the US Army's veterans' affairs medical facility in Delaware,
will tell the conference that he and his team of American and
Canadian scientists have discovered life-threateningly high
levels of DU in Gulf veterans 10 years after the desert war.
His findings, which have been verified by four independent
experts, is embarrassing for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and
American Defence Department, which have consistently refused to
test Gulf war veterans for DU.
Durakovic will tell the European Association of Nuclear Medicine
that tests on 17 veterans have shown DU in the urine and bones of
70% of them.
Depleted uranium does not occur naturally. It is the by-product
of the industrial processing of waste from nuclear reactors and
is better known as weapons-grade uranium. It is used to
strengthen the tips of shells to ensure that they pierce armour.
Durakovic, who left America because he was told his life was in
danger if he continued his research, has concluded that troops
inhaled the tiny uranium particles after American and British
forces fired more than 700,000 DU shells during the conflict.
The finding begins to explain for the first time why medical
orderlies and mechanics are the principal victims of Gulf war
syndrome.
British Army engineers who removed tanks hit by DU shells from
the battlefield and medical personnel who cut off the clothes of
Iraqi casualties in field hospitals have been disproportionately
affected.
Once inside the body, DU causes a slow death from cancers,
irreversible kidney damage or wastage from immune deficiency
disorders.
In the UK, where more than 400 veterans are estimated to have
died from "Gulf war syndrome", at least 50 of those victims came
from Reme (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) units.
Others, such as Ray Bristow, 42, of Hull, who was a theatre
technician for 32 Field Hospital, are now wheelchair-bound.
Tests carried out by Durakovic on Bristow showed that, nine years
after leaving the Gulf, he had more than 100 times the safe limit
of DU in his body.
Durakovic said: "I doubt whether the MoD or Pentagon will have
the audacity to challenge these results. I can't say this is the
solitary cause of Gulf war syndrome, but we now have clear
evidence that it is a leading factor in the majority of victims.
"I hope the US and UK governments finally realise that, by
continuing to use this ammunition, they are effectively poisoning
their own soldiers."
An MoD spokesman said it would study any new evidence: "Our aim
is to get the best care for British veterans and our views are
based on the best evidence around."
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