Vets Denied Treatment

[Nomad559]

http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=144&a=3161
Soldier exposed to depleted uranium in training dies of leukemia caused by toxic weapon residue

Several young U.S. Marines in the same California hospital ward are suffering from the same aggressive form of leukemia, and the cancer may be linked to exposure to depleted uranium (DU). DU is a super-dense radioactive material that’s mainly used as plating on U.S. munitions, functioning as an extremely effective kinetic-energy penetrator to pierce armor.

At least one Marine, Eric Renner of Oregon City, has died from this form of leukemia. However, Renner reportedly never even went to Iraq. It’s believed DU exposure during live-fire training brought on his illness.

Renner’s father, Steve, went public with his concerns about DU after hearing that another Marine, 22-year-old Andy Rounds, may have been exposed to DU when a munitions dump exploded at his base in Iraq—an event that resembles the incident at Camp Doha in the first Gulf War that spread enough DU particles and shrapnel around to qualify it for current-day research on DU’s role in Gulf War Illness (GWI), otherwise known as Gulf War syndrome.

[unhappycamper]

1. Thanks for posting Nomad559.

Depleted uranium has been on my radar screen for years.

P.S. - I posted this article over in the Veterans forum.