I...eamon angelface wrote:Sweet merciful crap.
I always think about how those troops get slowly radiated the whole time they're there.
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar04/Nichols0327.htm
That's just beyond nuts though. The seasoning is the topper. What a lunatic.
Ahem...eamon angelface wrote:Sweet merciful crap.
I always think about how those troops get slowly radiated the whole time they're there.
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar04/Nichols0327.htm
I think that just about says it all.Bob Nichols writes in Oklahoma City and is the Editorial writer for DemoOkie.com. Bob Nichols is a contributing writer for LiberalSlant, Democratic Underground, OnlineJournal, AmericaHeldHostage, and other online dot com publications.
Yes, that's what I'm getting at. GWS is more likely caused by the inhalation of all that smoke from the thousands of burning oil wells during the first Gulf War. Also, the US military does not use DU in nearly the number of applications this person essentially pulls out of his ass in this heavily slanted opinion piece. He even goes so far as to state "all American bullets" contain "lots of Uranium"...what a joke, his credibility with me ended right there.eamon angelface wrote:Depleted Uranium is proven to be hazardous. The only grey area is whether or not it's the absolute direct cause of Gulf War Syndrome.
I always found it weird that Canadians are so proud of not going to war in Iraq and Americans are mad about Canada not participating directly when Canada supplies most of the DU used in American shells.
Depleted Uranium is tremendously more inert than natural uranium, which isn't itself that potent until it is refined, certainly nothing to be overly concerned about. A radiation hazard? No, those claims are actually pretty laughable if people would just take the time to do the research. The "amount of radiation" released by DU in this article is a skewed statistic, the alpha and beta particles given off are no factor what so ever. Alphas are blocked by our own skin and betas are blocked by something as sophisticated as a thick piece of paper. DU also emits Gamma rays but much less than you'd get working in a doctors office for 20 years. The amount of gamma given off isn't even enough to be distinguishable from normal background radiations given off by such nasty things as cars, streets, and table salt. DU really only poses a threat as a chemical hazard, not a radiological one.Radiation in Iraq Equals 250,000 Nagasaki Bombs
By Dr. Albrecht Schott Director of the World Depleted Uranium Center, Germany; Damacio A. Lopez, Director, International Depleted Uranium Study Team (IDUST), United States; and John M. LaForge, Editor, Nukewatch Pathfinder, United States. wrote:Depleted Uranium particles can be inhaled easily in smoke resulting from the impact of armor-piercing projectiles on hard targets and the aerosolization of uranium into small particles. If even one small particle (< 5 microns in diameter 5-millionths of a meter the size of cigarette ash) is trapped in the lungs, surrounding tissues can be exposed up to 272 times the maximum permitted dose for workers in the radiation industry.
Ionization and other radiation-induced effects, such as excitation and free radical formation, cause chemical changes in components of the living cell, including chemicals, such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the genetic material that is located in the chromosomes within the cell nucleus. Alpha radiation colliding with atoms gives up its energy in a very short distance, such as the thinness of a piece of paper, less than the thickness of the skin, or a few centimeters of air. Consequently, alpha particles emitted by radioactive materials are not likely to be harmful when striking the outside of the human body that is protected by clothing and the outermost dead layer of skin. However, when the same alpha-emitting radionuclides are taken into the body their emission can directly irradiate nearby cells of tissue in which they are deposited and may cause cellular changes. Such changes may result in adverse health effects in the short and long term, depending on the nature of the changes.
In comparison to alpha radiation, fast-moving electrons, which are known as beta particles, have much smaller mass and electric charge, are more deeply penetrating, and dissipate their energy over a larger volume of tissue. Even high-energy beta particles, however, will transfer most of their energy and come to a stop within about 1-centimeter of plastic, 1 to 2 centimeters of tissue, or 4 to 5 meters of air. Therefore, beta particles that strike the outside of the body will penetrate only a short distance, but they may travel far enough to damage the actively dividing cells of the skin. Beta-emitting radionuclides may be found in contamination consisting of fission products from a nuclear detonation or resulting from the dispersion of nuclear reactor waste or radiotherapy sources. Gamma rays and x-rays, which are emitted from radionuclides as well as produced by machines, are the most penetrating form of ionizing radiation and consist of electromagnetic energy. While randomly colliding with electrons in the body along a scattered path length, gamma rays may give up all or part of their energy in the tissue or, although it is unlikely, they may pass all the way through the body, without interacting. Therefore exposure to gamma rays are most commonly encountered in the use of radiation-producing equipment used in medical applications (including those in combat medical facilities).
Dr. Marvin Resnikoff, partical physicist wrote:Once inhaled, fine uranium particles can lodge in the lung alveoli and reside there for the remainder of one’s life. The dose due to uranium inhalation is cumulative. A percentage of inhaled particles may be coughed up, then swallowed and ingested. Smoking is an additional factor that needs to be taken into account. Since smoking destroys the cilia, particles caught in a smoker’s bronchial passage cannot be expelled. Gofman estimates that smoking increases the radiation risk by a factor of 10.
Uranium emits an alpha particle, similar to helium nucleus, with two electrons removed. Thus, alpha radiation is a heavy particle with a double positive charge. Though this type of radiation is not very penetrating, it causes tremendous tissue damage when internalized. When inhaled, uranium increases the probability of lung cancer. When ingested, uranium concentrates in the bones. Within the bone, it increases the probability of bone cancer, or, in the bone marrow, leukemia. Uranium also resides in the soft tissue, including the gonads, increasing the probability of genetic health effects, including birth defects and spontaneous abortions. The relationship between uranium inhaled or ingested and the resultant radiation doses to bone marrow and specific organs (dose conversion factors) are listed in numerous references.
And I don't think anyone has disagreed with that basic point. I know I certainly didn't. But to look at DU as some huge radiation hazard to our ground troops is disingenuous. Soldiers are hardly exposed to it these days, as the war isn't about tank battles anymore, and hasn't been since the first months. They should be more worried about lead poisoning, if you get my drift.eamon angelface wrote:DU is far from harmless in any form. That's all I wanted to get at.
According to medical examiner's reports, there were no human remains found in the guy's stomach.eamon angelface wrote:I mean to get back to the subject, that guy seasoned his girlfriend's extremities. He didn't try to cover it up, he prepared her like a Thanksgiving turkey. That takes a serious case of the crazies. Even Dahlmer didn't think about adding some BAM! to kick his cannibalism up a notch.
I think just the smell would make my teeth fall out.smash wrote:MMMMmmmmMMMmmm?
Seriously, that's fucking disgusting. What the hell is wrong with people?
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