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Spent Uranium intoxication?
Jorge
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Listening to an interview in the radio on my way to work earlier this morning, I heard the president of the Mothers Against War local chapter accusing the federal government of abandoning a local Irak War veteran "ill from Uranium intoxication".
"His surgery will cost him millions of dollars", she blurted. She went as far as describing other family members also affected with "some kind of skin rash in their legs" related to his malaise.
I've read from PTSD, Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, but never from war theater related depleted Uranium intoxication syndrome. Is this something new, or just some anti-war propaganda?
"His surgery will cost him millions of dollars", she blurted. She went as far as describing other family members also affected with "some kind of skin rash in their legs" related to his malaise.
I've read from PTSD, Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, but never from war theater related depleted Uranium intoxication syndrome. Is this something new, or just some anti-war propaganda?
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Listening to an interview in the radio on my way to work earlier this morning, I heard the president of the Mothers Against War local chapter accusing the federal government of abandoning a local Irak War veteran "ill from Uranium intoxication".
"His surgery will cost him millions of dollars", she blurted. She went as far as describing other family members also affected with "some kind of skin rash in their legs" related to his malaise.
I've read from PTSD, Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, but never from war theater related depleted Uranium intoxication syndrome. Is this something new, or just some anti-war propaganda?
Supposedly, depleted Uranium is a major factor for people in Iraq. I also know that I have significant problems with my teeth and the VA claims that it's related to my service (without an explanation). My teeth are very brittle and keep breaking off piece by piece. I've been told that this is probably the result of radiation.
As I understood, the radiation levels in spent uranium as used in the military were supposedly harmless.
Would you shine some light on this subject?
Hey Eric!!!
As I understood, the radiation levels in spent uranium as used in the military were supposedly harmless.
Would you shine some light on this subject?
Hey Doc, I don't know much about it other than that's what everyone thought. I'm not sure if it's b/c we've used so many munitions that they've left the battle fields with dangerous levels, or not. I'm not even sure that my teeth are related, but it is service connected and I was told that radiation can cause the problems I'm having. I have heard and seen pictures of deformed children in Iraq...there's even been some posts in this forum on the subject. If I come across one of the old posts, I'll link to it.
The military has injected me with radioactive crap atleast 7 times in the last 3-4 years to do MRI's to see if my condition changed....it's safe.[:o)]
GI's get exposed to RF Radiation, Gamma Radation, Microwave Radiation...all sorts of stuff people play with..and because we can't see it....you don't know it's there.