The World Health Organisation may also be asked to monitor the health of Bosnian civilians. Illnesses Nato dropped the greatest concentration of DU ammunition on the town of Hadzici, near Sarajevo, where the Bosnian Serb army had a weapons depot. Paratrooper Alan Joy served in Bosnia and died of leukaemia Most of the Serbs from Hadzici are now living in the town of Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia. Doctors there have reported a greatly increased incidence of cancer-type illnesses. The S-For peacekeeping force, which has done its own soil tests in Hadzici, says DU presents a negligible hazard.
Most peacekeepers serve six months in Bosnia.
If there is a risk from DU, the population in Hadzici and elsewhere have been exposed for up to five years.