[CPEO-MEF] NY Guardsmen and DU dust - in court

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Justice for G.I.s?

Juan Gonzalez
New York Daily News
September 8, 2006

Three years after returning from Iraq with persistent ailments they 
believe were caused by inhaling uranium dust from exploded U.S. shells, 
a group of former New York National Guardsmen finally got their first 
day in court this week against the federal government.

In a two-hour hearing late Wednesday before Manhattan Federal Judge John 
Koeltl, lawyers for the eight veterans argued that the Army caused the 
soldiers' illnesses when it violated its own safety protocols and 
exposed them to radioactive depleted-uranium dust.

Army doctors also covered up information about any exposures and failed 
to provide the soldiers proper medical treatment, the lawyers claimed.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/450535p-379084c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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