With a much too soon sweep, the documented Kosovo cases of leukemia and other illness caused by DU are brushed aside as fakes, soldiers and their private doctors are accused of forging medical tests and records, while Kosovo DU continues to pose to be as benign as the dirt in a flower pot in your living room. Roff dug up evidence that suggests the radiation-induced leukemia can develop surprisingly quickly. In studies of patients who have received radiation therapy, the period of greatest risk for developing leukemia has been reported as two to five years after exposure. In Japan, leukemia was the first malignancy that appeared among the survivors and this fact triggered a major research study which is still in operation today, explained Roff. I would have thought that the appearance of leukemia among soldiers selected for their fitness for active duty would trigger similar studies as part of the government's duty of care.
Radiation kills life.
So do heavy metals. Dr. G. Rigatos, a cancer doctor, was more blunt. The minister of health in the Ukraine reported an increase in leukaemia after Chernobyl. There is an increase in malignant neoplasmas in Iraqi patients, and 100,000 US soldiers are also ill, reminded Dr. Rigatos. We are now seeing localized nuclear war, he said.