At least 18 tonnes of DU weapons have been test-fired in Britain at army ranges in Kirkcudbright and Cumbria. Most of the munitions landed in the Solway Firth, where they remain. The Military Toxics Project and Dr Hari Sharma, of the University of Waterloo, Ontario, have published the results of a study into the use of DU munitions in the Gulf. They say the result is likely to be an increase of between 20,000 and 100,000 fatal cancers in veterans and Iraqi citizens. Dr Sharma is writing to all Nato heads of state to ask them to eliminate DU munitions from their arsenals.
Concern also persists over the wider ecological consequences of the war with Serbia.
The World Wide Fund for Nature says an environmental crisis threatens Yugoslavia and its neighbours, particularly further down the Danube and in the Black Sea. It says the damage to downstream areas of the unidentified pollutants discharged into the Danube is unclear. Ten million people depend on the river for drinking water. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.