Other Toxic Substances: Depleted Uranium - In the Spotlight: Don't let depleted uranium become another Agent Orange

On Aug. 24, my son died. His name was Aaron Barnes. He was 26 with a wife and two young children. He died of a very rare and extremely aggressive cancer called Sacramatoid Renal Sarcoma.

During his time in Iraq, he was exposed daily to depleted uranium. This is believed to have caused his cancer.

Veterans of the current wars are coming home and getting sick with rare diseases at a much higher percentage than the general population.

If you know a veteran from the current wars or are one yourself, please be hypervigilant about your health. Mention to your doctor that you were exposed to depleted uranium. My son may have had a chance if his doctors knew what they were dealing with.

Please don't let DU be this generation's Agent Orange.

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OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES - DU: Why So Many Fallujah Babies Are Born Deformed

“DU is a dense, highly toxic, radioactive heavy metal that the military uses for its shielding and penetrative capabilities,” according to UTNE, that will not be completely eradicated for 4.5 billion years.

But the true extent of one of the war’s most horrifying legacies has been kept from the international public’s view.

And Ayman Qais, director of Fallujah’s general hospital, told the Guardian that “Most [deformities] are in the head and spinal cord, but there are also many deficiencies in lower limbs.”

UTNE lists a variety of cases of Fallujah babies in particular that born with defects. Some reported defects include:

Babies born with only one eye
Babies born with missing limbs or too many limbs
A higher than normal incidence of babies with brain damage or tumors
Cardiac defects
Missing genitalia

Everyone – scientists, doctors, and aid workers – is pointing to the war and the bevy of weaponry, waste, rubble, burn pits, and oil fires left behind as the culprit of this travesty. Some are calling depleted uranium (DU) this war’s agent orange (an herbicide that caused similar deformations in Viet Nam).

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