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The Toxic Legacy of Depleted Uranium Weapons via EcoWatch

We all should be aware of the dangers posed by the world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons. The eight countries known to possess nuclear weapons have 10,000 plus nuclear warheads. And, especially...

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83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for peaceful nuclear protest via...

An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used...

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Veterans… Does the Federal Government Really Care About You? via Salem-News

(WASHINGTON DC) – My last four articles (Veterans Today) focused in on setting the stage to constructively help Veterans exposed to various toxins while serving our country and announce the posting of...

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When the US Used Cancer as a Weapon via Counterpunch

By Jeffrey St. Clair At the close of the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was denounced as a ferocious villain for ordering his retreating troops to destroy Kuwaiti oil fields, clotting the air with...

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WHO Refuses to Publish Report on Cancers in Iraq Caused by Depleted Uranium...

By Denis Halliday September 13, 2013 “Information Clearing House – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has categorically refused in defiance of its own mandate to share evidence uncovered in Iraq that...

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How the World Health Organisation covered up Iraq’s nuclear nightmare via The...

Ex-UN, WHO officials reveal political interference to suppress scientific evidence of postwar environmental health catastrophe Last month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a long awaited...

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Wrecking the Earth: Fracking has grave radiation risks few talk about via rt.com

Environmentalists point to various dangerous consequences of using fracking technology, but none can be compared to the issue of radiation exposure and radioactive contamination of the development...

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Utah weighing threats of storing depleted uranium — from meteor strikes to...

SALT LAKE CITY — When figuring out if it is going to be safe to allow large quantities of depleted uranium to be buried in the desert 65 miles west of Salt Lake City, the state of Utah has to...

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Gulf War Fallout: Depleted Uranium via News 4 KRNV-DT Reno

Parker’s story begins in 1995, as a 19-year-old enlistee with the Marine Corps, fresh out of high school. “Desert Storm had already ended as passed. I wanted to be a part of the best fighting force in...

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Mayumi Oda on Energy of Change, Feminization and New Birth of Japan via Kyoto...

KJ: You came to Japan several times last year following 3.11. What do you see happening at the moment in Japan? Mayumi Oda: It’s a great opportunity to stop nuclear reactors — and probably we will....

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My view: Depleted uranium should not be Utah’s problem to solve alone via...

By Ashley Soltysiak Utah will soon face a huge decision — whether or not to allow the disposal of depleted uranium (DU), an extremely long-lived nuclear waste, at EnergySolutions’ facility in our West...

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US Uranium Weapons Have Been Used in Syria via LA Progressive

This month, the Pentagon admitted it has used uranium weapons in attacks inside Syria — violating its public promise last year that it would not use DU there, and contradicting the claim that US...

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Public at risk for what’s blowing in the wind via West Hawaii Today

Depleted uranium (DU) is seen as an emerging environmental pollutant introduced primarily by military activity. The previous use of DU within Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) followed by repeated...

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Pohakuloa Radiation Contamination and more… via Malu ‘Aina

POHAKULOA Maybe More Military Depleted Uranium than Thought Retired Nuclear Geologist, Dr. Mike Reimer, PhD of Kona says “the amount of DU (Depleted Uranium) present at PTA (the military 133,000-acre...

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Milwaukee veterans participate in national groundbreaking genetic study via...

[…] Scientists are hoping to use the genetic information from Brewer and 1 million other American military veterans to study diabetes, cancer and other illnesses and understand how genes affect health....

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