As
background for the seriousness of depleted uranium, many places such as Gaza and
Iraq are polluted with this nuclear waste product that has a half-life of 4.5
billion years. The damage to children is severe and shown in the January 2, 2010
video below. The damage to soldiers is also severe and
Reuters reported on September 25,
2007, that over 175,000 American 1991 Gulf War soldiers are still seriously sick. For the Physicians for Social Responsibility Depleted Uranium
report,
click here.
Teach Peace supports the
International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW)
campaign by making available the
www.bandepleteduranium.com address. This is an example
of our best practice to collaborate and help other
organizations to advance the attainment of an
objective, in this case banning depleted uranium weapons. ICBUW is working to ban the use of uranium in all
conventional weapons and weapon systems and for monitoring,
health care, compensation and environmental remediation for
communities affected by their use. ICBUW represents more
than 120 NGOs worldwide and seeks to do for uranium weapons
what the International Coalition to Ban Landmines and
Cluster Munitions Coalition did for those types of weapons,
in essence to develop a uranium weapons treaty that would
prohibit the use of uranium in all conventional, i.e.
non-nuclear, weapons.
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For Teachers - Classroom Instruction
Outline
1. Depleted Uranium defined.
The documentary Beyond Treason gives a good
introduction.
2. Background: Atomic veterans,
biological experiments, project whitecoat, mind control projects, agent orange,
experimental vaccines, and gulf war illness.
3. US Army Depleted Uranium
training video.
4.
The Physician for Social
Responsibility report.
5. Current situation (e.g.,
the above January 2010 documentary).
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