http://www.metafilter.com/tags/DissidentVoice Posts tagged with 'DissidentVoice' at MetaFilter. Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:23:12 -0800 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:23:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32254/Gas%2Dmasks%2Dget%2Dyour%2Dgas%2Dmasks%2Dhere <a href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar04/Nichols0327.htm">That American forces use depleted uranium</a> in our weapons isn't news, but these statistic are a little spooky. According to Bob Nichols at the <a href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org">Dissident Voice</a>, we've unleased 4,000,000 pounds of DU in Iraq. That's the radioactive equivalent of <a href="http://traprockpeace.org/bhagwat_du_29feb04.pdf">250,000 Nagasaki bombs</a> (pdf) says Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, former chief of Naval Staff in India. And since it's dust...it travels with the wind, which means Europe will see some fallout. It also turns out that most of the soldiers <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/180342p-156689c.html">didn't know they were using DU,</a> didn't know what DU was, and are now suffering reactions to it. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32254 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:23:12 -0800 BobNichols DepletedUranium DissidentVoice Iraq iraqwar radiation Uranium dejah420