Directory of Depleted Uranium Resources

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This category is for sites on the use of depleted uranium in military technology, an effective yet highly toxic ordnance used by the United States.

Subcategories

• Used in Afghanistan
• Used in Iraq
• Used in Kosovo and Yugoslavia

Resources in This Category

• American Gulf War Veterans Association (AGWVA)

  http://www.gulfwarvets.com/du.htm
  DU updates from group seeking treatment for Gulf War Illness.

• Depleted uranium casts shadow over peace in Iraq

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3627.html
  New Scientist story finds fear among scientists of widespread DU harm

• Depleted Uranium Education Project

  http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/du.htm
  Part of International Action Center, founded by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark.

• Depleted Uranium Fears

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/europe/2001/depleted_uranium/default.stm
  Special "In Depth" report section from the BBC Web site collating links to BBC stories and background information on depleted uranium.

• Depleted Uranium Health Effects

  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ns00070.pdf
  Gulf War Illness - Understanding of Health Effects from Depleted Uranium Evolving but Safety Training Needed. US General Accounting Office report to Congress (GAO/NSIAD-00-70).

• Depleted Uranium Metal Of Dishonor

  http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/mettoc.htm
  "How the Pentagon radiates soldiers and civilians with DU weapons." Book excerpts and chapters. (1997)

• Depleted Uranium Munitions: New Weapons of Indiscriminate and Mutually Assured Destruction

  http://www.kaapeli.fi/~tep/vipu/2000-1/index.html
  1999 lecture by Malcolm Hooper, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Gulf Veterans' Association UK. (PDF)

• DU-Watch Mailing List

  http://www.stopnato.org.uk/du-watch/
  The premier public email list on depleted uranium issues, managed by Stop NATO. Nearly all prominent anti-DU campaigners participate or monitor this list.

• GlobalSecurity.org - Depleted Uranium

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/du.htm
  Photos, specifications and performance facts on known penetrator munitions and military technologies that use depleted uranium.

• Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium

  http://ccnr.org/du_hague.html
  By Dr. Rosalie Bertell, focusing on health effects, inhalation exposure and medical testing.

• International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW)

  http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/
  An European organization of over 80 grassroots groups seeking a ban on DU weapons.

• LAKA Foundation (National Nuclear Energy Archive)

  http://www.laka.org/du.html
  Documentation and research center on nuclear energy in Holland has published many reports on DU.

• Low Level Radiation Campaign (LLRC)

  http://www.llrc.org/
  Researching the health effects of low level ionising radiation pollution. Home of journal, Radioactive Times.

• NATO Information - Depleted Uranium

  http://www.nato.int/du/home.htm
  Briefings, presentations and locational data from NATO on the use of depleted uranium ammunition in Bosnia and Kosovo.

• Remains of Toxic Bullets Litter Iraq

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0515/p01s02-woiq.html
  A Christian Science Monitor reporter finds heavy levels of radiation from DU munitions.

• Study suggests cancer risk from depleted uranium

  http://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/may/08/cancer.medicineandhealth
  The Guardian: Researchers have shown DU damages DNA in human lung cells.

• Traprock Peace Center

  http://www.grassrootspeace.org/
  Contains photos, articles, campaigns, and interviews on depleted uranium, its impact, and cover-ups of its toxicity.

• Uranium Medical Research Centre

  http://www.umrc.net/
  Overview of medical research project that tests urine and tissue samples from people exposed to DU.

• World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Uranium Project

  http://www.wise-uranium.org/
  Health and environmental impacts of depleted uranium. News, maps and resources on depleted uranium.

• World Uranium Weapons Conference 2003

  http://www.uraniumweaponsconference.de/
  Trojan Horse of a Nuclear War - An International Educational/Organizing Conference

• Yggdrasil Institute: Uranium Enrichment Project

  http://www.earthisland.org/yggdrasil/uep.html
  A project of Earth Island Institute which monitors the US uranium enrichment establishment. Publishes the monthly Uranium Enrichment Newsletter. Yggdrasil is also updating Nuclear France, a guide to the French nuclear industry.

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