Depleted Uranium In The Strait Of Georgia

Canadians are about to get screwed by Heir Harper and his criminal friends who could care less if you glow in the dark or have grandchildren born without a brain.
How could this be, you ask.

As you should be aware, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. has recently been in the news as Heir Harper decided the shut down of the nuclear facility at Chalk River )recently was nothing more than a political ploy instigated by the Liberals and their patronage appointment, Linda Keen) whom they summarily fired and replaced with one of their loyal and pliant party affiliates.


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"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

Uranium’s Effect On DNA Established<br />
by Kate Melville<br />
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The use of depleted uranium in munitions and weaponry is likely to come under intense scrutiny now that new research that found that uranium can bind to human DNA. The finding will likely have far-reaching implications for returned soldiers, civilians living in what were once war-zones and people who might live near uranium mines or processing facilities.<br />
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Uranium - when manifested as a radioactive metal - has profound and debilitating effects on human DNA. These radioactive effects have been well understood for decades, but there has been considerable debate and little agreement concerning the possible health risks associated with low-grade uranium ore (yellowcake) and depleted uranium.<br />
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Now however, Northern Arizona University biochemist Diane Stearns has established that when cells are exposed to uranium, the uranium binds to DNA and the cells acquire mutations, triggering a whole slew of protein replication errors, some of which can lead to various cancers. Stearns' research, published in the journals Mutagenesis and Molecular Carcinogenesis, confirms what many have suspected for some time - that uranium can damage DNA as a heavy metal, independently of its radioactive properties. "Essentially, if you get a heavy metal stuck on DNA, you can get a mutation," Stearns explained. While other heavy metals are known to bind to DNA, Stearns and her team were the first to identify this characteristic with uranium.<br />
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Depleted uranium - what is left over when the highly radioactive isotopes of uranium are removed - is widely used by the military. Anti-tank weapons, tank armor and ammunition rounds are just some of the applications. "The health effects of uranium really haven't been studied since the Manhattan Project (the development of the atomic bomb in the early 1940s). But now there is more interest in the health effects of depleted uranium. People are asking questions now," Stearns said. <br />
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<a href="http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20060307010324data_trunc_sys.shtml">http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20060307010324data_trunc_sys.shtml</a><br />
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Snip from "The Health Effects of DU Weapons in Iraq." A presentation by Thomas Fasy MD PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York:<br />
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By the early 1900s, uranium was well recognized to be a kidney toxin. By the mid-1940s, uranium was known to be a neurotoxin. By the early 1970s, uranium was recognized to be a carcinogen based on mortality studies of uranium workers and on experiments with dogs and monkeys. The first evidence that uranyl ions bind to DNA was reported in 1949 and by the early 1990s, uranium was shown to be a mutagen. Also, in the early 1990s, uranium was shown to be a teratogen, that is, an inducer of birth defects. The toxic effects of uranium on the kidney and on the nervous system typically occur within days of exposure and radiation probably plays little or no role in mediating these effects. In contrast, the carcinogenic effects of uranium have a delayed onset. The teratogenic effects of uranium might be due to exposure of one parent prior to conception as well as to exposure of the mother to uranium early in pregnancy.<br />
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Now let us briefly consider the routes of exposure to uranium. In the context of the dust particles derived from depleted uranium weapons, this means exposure to uranium oxides. By far the most dangerous route of exposure to uranium oxides is the inhalational or respiratory route. Absorption of uranium oxides through the gastrointestinal tract, the skin and the conjunctivae is possible but quite limited.<br />
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Following impact with hard targets, uranium metal undergoes combustion releasing large quantities of very small uranium oxide dust particles into the environment.<br />
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These dust particles derived from depleted uranium weapons are drastically different from the natural uranium that is normally present in rocks and soil.<br />
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Soil particles contain uranium at very low concentrations, typically less than 5 parts per million; the vast majority of these soil particles, however, are too large to be inhaled deep into the lungs. In contrast, the dust particles derived from depleted uranium weapons contain very high concentrations of uranium, typically more than 500.000 parts per million; moreover, most of the D.U. dust particles are sufficiently small to be inhaled deep into the lungs. Thus, compared to the uranium naturally present in the environment, D.U. dust contains uranium in a form that is vastly more bio-available and more readily internalized.<br />
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Uranyl ions bind to DNA; they bind in the minor groove of DNA. While bound to DNA, uranyl ions are chemically reactive and can give rise to free radicals which may damage DNA. Chemically mediated DNA damage of this type may contribute to the ability of uranium to induce cancers.<br />
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I would now like to present some epidemiologic data from the Basra governate in the south of Iraq. In February 1991, more than 300 tons (possibly much more than 300 tons) of D.U. weapons were used in South of Iraq. After 5-6 year latent periods, increases in childhood cancers and birth defects were documented in the Basra governate. The most recent data indicate a four fold increase in pediatric malignancies and a seven fold increase in congenital malformations compared to 1990, the year preceeding the war.<br />
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<a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4124449">http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4124449</a><br />

Good catch Dio, thanks for keepin'on keepin'on. Informative comment Spanky.

The following has been sent to the editor of a well respected local environmental magazine that was suckered into publishing this. The remaining postings also build on false information. If you want to learn about DU, here are two sources -- <a href="http://www.depletedcranium.com">www.depletedcranium.com</a> and <br />
<a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DUStory/message/55">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DUStory/message/55</a><br />
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message /57 also contains a user name and password so that non-members can view the files section - the message has a list of the files - three of which directly pertain to Leuren K Moret and a number of which pertain to Douglas Lind Rokke and other charlatans in the anti-DU crusade.<br />
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Your writer says<br />
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“Wednesday April 26th, I was talking to an unnamed source who used to be in the Canadian military and who was on board a Canadian naval ship when not only was the US navy test firing DU munitions in Whiskey Gulf but so was the Canadian navy and at least three other NATO navies, not only the Phalanx but every gun! This was in the late l980s, early l990, prior to their use in the l99l Gulf War. This source could face military justice for divulging this and therefore insists on anonymity. This information has since been confirmed by another ex-military person.”<br />
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The sources are always anonymous – that way the writer can not be held accountable – if you have been around for 15 years, I presume that you have a reputation to uphold and are not a conspiracy site like Global Research which also claimed that the Indian Ocean Tsunami was caused by the Israelis setting off a nuclear bomb deep under the sea – of course an earthquake that shifted the tilt of the Earth on its axis did not start with a nuclear bomb – <br />
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The statement – NOT ONLY THE PHALANX, WHICH DID USE DU – BUT EVERY GUN IS FALSE- no other gun aboard a Navy ship fired a DU penetrator round – only very few other guns do either – your writer also discusses non-existent DU bombs - he has made no effort to research the subject by even talking with the local Physics, Chemistry or Geology professor – he has made no effort to determine how much uranium is in the soil of his own backyard or in the waters of Georgia Straight.<br />
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No one on your editorial staff did any research either and now your article is out all over the world or soon will be because Alfred Lambremonte Webre (also known for his past direct experiences with extra terrestrials) has become a champion of Leuren Moret and as CAMPAIGN spams numerous Yahoo lists and anti-DU crusaders on the lists spread his posts even further. You eventually will end up being known for having joined the conspiracists instead of having sound writing about environmental issues. A good topic is the coming tsuamin in the Northwest US, British Columbia area – it’s coming – no one knows when, but the same kind of subduction zone that triggered the Indian Ocean Tsunami is present off the Pacific Coast in your region.<br />
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Roger Helbig<br />
Geologist, just like Moret – my degree is from 1969 and I never worked as a Geologist either and I don’t let people claim that I am a Geophysicst either <br />
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You can either join the Yahoo Group DUStory to read these files or you can write me and I will send them to you<br />
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AM78_853 - Cites Carmichael & Moret.pdf <br />
Moret - One-time Geology Grad Student at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory<br />
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Gamma Scout Meter and DU.pdf <br />
Why the Gamma Scout Meter used by Leuren Moret in Hawaii can not detect DU in the air<br />
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Moret and Fulk Livermore Employment.pdf <br />
Leuren K Moret, Marion Fulk - Employment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<br />
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URANIUM and CERAMICS by Edouard Bastarache.htm <br />
Uranium & Ceramics by Edouard Bastarche - Good description of DU at end (this may just work as a link to his web pages)<br />
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20060320 - Chap 11 pg 639.pdf <br />
Depleted Uranium Report, Royal Society<br />
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None of these sources have any solid science about DU – every single one of them is an activist site that encourages donations!<br />
More Information<br />
Globalresearch.ca, wise-uranium.org, mindfully.org and stop-du.org all have good information and links about DU. Look for the 2001 report to the World Health Organization, Radiological Toxicity of DU. The Moret interview is archived at radio4all.net. You may wish to use public access internet to avoid being on a list.<br />
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The two best international sources about DU are the UNEP Report and the IAEA Report – actual scientific teams spent lengthy period in the field and laboratory to produce these – none of them were political activists with an axe to grind<br />
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Depleted Uranium in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Postconflict Assessment <br />
300 pg detailed UN Environmental Programme Report <br />
<a href="http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/BiH_DU_report.pdf">http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/BiH_DU_report.pdf</a> <br />
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Along with being a detailed report of field and laboratory research, this shows the A-10 fired GAU-8 30mm penetrator round – pictures of the round still intact in its aluminum case after it had impacted the ground show that the vast bulk of these rounds are still lying intact and do not expose the DU to the environment. I don’t know anything about the Phalanx 20mm round – whether it is encased in any other metal or not – I just know from Navy sources on the net that it is no longer in production and I also believe has been removed from service some years ago.<br />
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Radiological Conditions in Areas of Kuwait With Residues of Depleted Uranium <br />
Includes Appendix III - Experiments to Examine Resuspension <br />
<a href="http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1164_web.pdf">http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1164_web.pdf</a> <br />
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Your writer further claims<br />
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“I am not a political animal and, feeling against a wall, I came back to my original concern about my health and started researching uranium detoxification. DU in the body acts as a toxin like other heavy metals such as mercury and lead, plus it is radioactive, doing DNA damage wherever it is. DU stays in the body much longer than other forms of uranium, according to H.D.Sharma.”<br />
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H. D. Sharma is falsely hypothesizing – DU is natural uranium, with the U235 removed – as a chemical, it is exactly the same as any other uranium and its chemical characteristics are what determines how long it remains in the human body – I bet your writer believes that he never had uranium in his body before – he would be very wrong – uranium is everywhere – it is a very common element in the Earth’s surface; it is rare only in economically mineable quantities.<br />
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Radiological and Chemical Fact Sheets - Argonne National Laboratory <br />
Forty-three contaminant-specific sheets (29 radionuclides and 14 chemicals) address: key properties, origin, and use; general environmental levels; distribution in the body; primary health effects; and standard values for estimating risk. Six companion radiological fact sheets provide context for: ionizing radiation; radioactive properties; natural decay series (uranium, radium, thorium); transuranic series; radiological dispersal device; and health-based radionuclide concentrations in drinking water and air (the latter two focus on homeland security context). Two fact sheets address chemical mixtures, to frame cumulative risk assessments and the evaluation of interactions. <br />
<a href="http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/ANL_ContaminantFactSheets_All_070418.pdf">http://www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/ANL_ContaminantFactSheets_All_070418.pdf</a><br />
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More false statements<br />
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DU tips, coats, and is solid in munitions from handgun caliber to 5000 pound bombs. Considering the quantities used (conservatively 3 million kg.), those small doses apparently add up to the radiation released by 400,000 Nagasaki A-bombs (500,000 by another source). I don’t know how to judge those numbers. There are 67 million kg. DU munitions ‘prepositioned’ in South Korea on three US bases!<br />
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DU is not used in hand gun caliber. It is not used bombs whatsoever. Every single DU application has to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and any Federal Agency employee who lies to the NRC in any filing faces jail time for making a false statement. The Army response to the e-mail petition by Doug Rokke in 2000 has a discussion of all the DU munitions. You can also ask the NRC for a copy of every single license to use DU. Your writer continues to quote the myths of Moret and friends. They all lie for a living. Does your writer also lie for a living or has he just been sucked in?<br />

Where did you come from Rhotel? What do you do for a living? Where do all these supposedly credible sources you quote get their money from?

I note that at least one of the web sites Rhotel provides is a so-called skeptic site. I say so-called because a real skeptic is open-minded,looking at the world in terms of probabilities, whereas these groups are simply ideological debunkers of ideas they don't like. This same site is linked to pro-nuclear industry sites, so I think we can see where the buck stops.

I note that at least one of the web sites Rhotel provides is a so-called skeptic site. I say so-called because a real skeptic is open-minded,looking at the world in terms of probabilities, whereas these groups are simply ideological debunkers of ideas they don't like. This same site is linked to pro-nuclear industry sites, so I think we can see where the buck stops.
I should also point out that these pseudo-skeptics also serve as ruling class gate keepers. Most people are skeptical about the orthodox claims about say the Kennedy assassination or 9-11, and with good reason, I should add, while the pseudo-skeptics come down 100% for the orthodox view.

If you haven't already, check out the online documentary "Beyond Treason". A warning though, some of the images are incredibly graphic.