[CPEO-MEF] British vets and uranium weapons

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MoD accused of dragging feet over uranium test for Gulf war veterans 

Ministry's offer of new check condemned as 'too little, too late' 

Lee Glendinning
The Guardian (United Kingdom)
September 24, 2004

 The National Gulf Veterans and Families Association has accused the
Ministry of Defence of deliberately dragging its feet in waiting 14
years to implement a screening test to detect uranium in the bodies of
Gulf war soldiers. 

After the announcement by the MoD that a new test would be offered to
500 military and civilian personnel who served in the Gulf war, veterans
are saying that the procedure is too little, too late for the thousands
who have suffered unexplained ill-health for years. 

Many veterans who had been exposed to radiation from battlefield shells
believe they may have levels of depleted uranium in their bodies that
can no longer be detected, and that may have caused kidney failure or
leukaemia. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1311683,00.html

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