Cocktails For Guinea Pigs - Depleted Uranium (Part 1)

Here's a lecture (Quicktime Movie) by Dennis Kyne speaking on Depleted Uranium at Arizona State University. The lecture begins 1 minute 45 seconds into the 12 minute clip.

And don't miss this 16-minute lecture by Dennis Kyne, Los Altos, CA 21apr03 (2 MB MP3)

Dennis Kyne is the award winning author and graduated from San Jose State University's School of Political Science, cum laude in 1995. As a Dean's Scholar and a member of Phi Sigma Alpha's Political Science honor society, Kyne has studied the geopolitical structure extensively. Kyne is a fifteen year veteran of the U.S. Army who served with the 18th Airborne Corps during Operation Desert Storm.

Dennis has been instrumental in the first Depleted Uranium legislation passed to force the government to provide testing on returning soldiers.

Depleted Uranium

How much has been used?
Iraq (1991): 320 tonnes
former Yugoslavia: 10 tonnes
Afghanistan: up to 500 tonnes
Iraq (2003): unknown quantities

Since 1991 birth deformities in
Iraq have risen by 400-600%
cancer has risen by 700-1000%

67% of US Gulf War Veterans' children
have severe illnesses, missing eyes,
blood infections, respiratory problems
and fused fingers

In Kosovo cancer rates
have increased 166%

Baghdad radiation levels are
between 1,000 and 1,900
times higher than normal