depleted uranium weapons

[Cathy Hinds <mtp@igc.org>]

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Dolly Lymburner, (207) 743-2541 Nikki Bas, (415) 974-6774

* * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * *

WHAT: Press conference to make public previously
unreleased information on far reaching consequences of depleted
uranium weapons---radioactive and chemically toxic weapons used
for the first time in the Gulf War and now used in Bosnia.

WHEN: Tuesday, January 16, 1:30 pm
 fifth anniversary of the Persian Gulf War

WHERE: War Memorial Buidling, Room 213
 401 Van Ness (at McAllister), San Francisco

WHO: Grace Bukowski, Co-author of "Uranium Battlefields
at Home & Abroad;" Dan Fahey, veterans advocate for Swords to
Plowshares; Dr. Howard Urnovitz, PhD, independent researcher on
Gulf War Syndrome; Debbie Judd, Desert Storm nurse

WHY: The press conference will release information on why
the use and production of depleted uranium weapons should be
halted. These weapons are widely suspected of being a major factor
in the Gulf War Syndrome. This radioactive and toxic weaponry, now
spreading around the world, is having and will continue to have
dire consequences if not stopped now.