(Please click illustration.)The long-term effects from over a decade of DU exposure are emerging in southern Iraq. They are devastating. However, the increased amount of radioactive material used in Afghanistan (3 times greater than in Iraq in 1991) and Iraq in 2003 (6-10 times greater than 1991) will travel throughout a larger area and affect many more people.
The impact on future generations is unknown but will also prove to be devastating. Countries within a thousand miles of Iraq will be affected20. [The radii of the circles approximate a distance of 1000 miles.]
800 tons of DU is equivalent to 83,000 Nagasaki bombs
Professor Katsuma YAGASAKI has calculated the total radioactive atomicity of the Nagasaki bomb and compared it to the radioactive atomicity of DU. He reported13 at the World Uranium Weapons Conference in Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 16-19 2003, that 800 tons of DU is the atomicity equivalent to 83,000 Nagasaki bombs.
The amount of DU used in Iraq in 2003 is equivalent in atomicity to nearly 250,000 Nagasaki bombs.
800 tons of DU is equivalent to 83,000 Nagasaki bombs
Professor Katsuma YAGASAKI has calculated the total radioactive atomicity of the Nagasaki bomb and compared it to the radioactive atomicity of DU. He reported13 at the World Uranium Weapons Conference in Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 16-19 2003, that 800 tons of DU is the atomicity equivalent to 83,000 Nagasaki bombs.
The amount of DU used in Iraq in 2003 is equivalent in atomicity to nearly 250,000 Nagasaki bombs.
In the Fall of 2003, it was announced in the news that India is about to suffer a major AIDS epidemic. Is this related to the contamination of Afghanistan and Iraq with DU, and the fact that India is downwind? Low level radiation is linked to immune system damage17,18,19 and would impact the ability of exposed populations to fight infectious diseases.
In the areas where the two circles overlap for Afghanistan and Iraq, the environment and populations living in those areas are at increased risk, from increased DU exposure. Iran, Georgia and the Caspian region lie within that region. So do the oil deposits for the Middle East and oil rich Russian Republics.
Health of the Environment
We cannot escape the radiation madness, we are all downwinders. The health of the environment connects all species. 22
In the areas where the two circles overlap for Afghanistan and Iraq, the environment and populations living in those areas are at increased risk, from increased DU exposure. Iran, Georgia and the Caspian region lie within that region. So do the oil deposits for the Middle East and oil rich Russian Republics.
Health of the Environment
We cannot escape the radiation madness, we are all downwinders. The health of the environment connects all species. 22