All dust should be discarded. Here is a further indication the Pentagon thinks that depleted uranium poses a threat to human well-being. The risks associated with depleted uranium are both chemical and radiological . Iraq, in 1991, was the laboratory for the testing of a novel nuclear weapon. Allied combatants and Iraqis, whether combatants or civilians, were guinea pigs to be sacrificed if necessary.
Iraqi doctors report seeing birth defects never seen before except in medical textbooks.
The wards are full of children with childhood leukemia, which before 1991, was extremely rare. The knowledge that the leftover depleted uranium might poison the environment for decades or even centuries is frightening. When the final chapter is written, depleted uranium will have a large portion of the blame. It sends a horrible signal to the world, that we are using their precious land and their people as garbage dumps for our own radioactive waste uranium, which will pollute their country for billions of years. In conclusion, we assert that depleted uranium weapons are weapons of mass destruction and already illegal under international law .