Selected Resources for Depleted Uranium Information

Books

Metal of Dishonor: Depleted Uranium, edited by John Catalinotto and Sara Flounders, Depleted Uranium Education Project, International Action Center, New York, 2^nd Edition, 1999.

The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex, Helen Caldicott, The New Press, New York, 2002.

Discounted Casualties: The Human Cost of Depleted Uranium. Story and Photos: Akira Tashiro,
Translation: Transnet, Foreword: Leuren Moret, President, Scientists for Indigenous People
Published in Japan by The Chugoku Shimbun, Hiroshima. http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/uran/booksale_e.html
 

Video

The Invisible War: Depleted Uranium and the Politics of Radiation, documentary by Martin Meissonnier, CANAL+, 2002. This informative documentary describes the use of depleted uranium in Kuwait and Iraq in 1991 and interviews health professionals who were directly involved in the military operations and later suffered health problems. A general in the US Army is also interviewed.

Downwind: Depleted Uranium Weapons in the Age of Virtual War, Pinhole Pictures, 2001 [not reviewed by me]
 

Resources Available on the Internet

Health hazards of depleted uranium munitions published by the Royal Society (UK) (more than 200 pp, but includes an 8 page summary of the report and 10 page summary of a public meeting on the report: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/policy/cur_du.htm

This is a very good web site with numerous links to other web pages on depleted uranium maintained by STOP NATO: http://www.stopnato.org.uk/du-watch/index.htm

An extensive report from The Chugoku Shimbun, Hiroshima, Japan by Akira Tashiro, senior staff writer: http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/uran/index_e.html

The Traprock Peace Center has much info about DU and other issues regarding war
http://www.traprockpeace.org/

The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) web site has a special section on depleted uranium: http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/Press/Focus/DU/du_main.shtml

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is investigating depleted uranium at sites of conflict, including Iraq, Kosovo, Bosnia and occupied Palestinian territories: http://postconflict.unep.ch/

Citizens Research & Environmental Watch: http://www.crewconcord.org/pages/problem.html Describes improper disposal of toxic DU waste at the Starmet (formerly Nuclear Metals Inc.) plant in Concord, Mass. This company made DU munitions for the military.

Depleted Uranium: Uses and Hazards, by Doug Rokke: http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/duupdate.htm

Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU): http://www.cadu.org.uk/

LAKA Foundation: http://www.antenna.nl/wise/uranium A 37 page report posted at this site, entitled Depleted Uranium: A Post-War Disaster for Environment and Health, provides a wealth of info on DU.

The National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc.: http://www.ngwrc.org This site provides a wide range of information about DU, Gulf War Syndrome and related issues. Dan Fahey, a board member, has provided a wealth of information on DU weapons and consequent health effects. Perhaps a Google search for his name will turn up numerous on-line documents.

World Health Organization (WHO) report entitled, Depleted Uranium: Sources, Exposure and Helth Effects. http://www.who.int/environmental_information/radiation/depleted_uranium.htm or the press release that summarizes this 37 page report can be found at: http://www.who.int/inf-pr-2001/en/pr2001-22.html

UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Recommends Studies of Depleted Uranium in Iraq: http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?ArticleID=3952&DocumentID=309

The U.S. Department of Defense environmental exposure report on depleted uranium (updated 12/13/00): http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/

Reports from the Post Conflict Assessment Units of the United Nations Environment Programme
http://postconflict.unep.ch/

NATO has its own web site for depleted uranium which gives a wide range of information about use of depleted uranium in conflicts and reports on the hazards of depleted uranium: http://www.nato.int/du/home.htm

The Council of Europe called for a ban on the manufacture, testing, use and sale of weapons using depleted uranium and plutonium.
http://press.coe.int/press2/press.asp?B=30,0,0,0,0&M=http://press.coe.int/cp/2001/51a(2001).htm

The Uranium Information Centre Ltd in Melbourne, Australia gives background information on uranium and depleted uranium: http://www.uic.com.au/nip53.htm

Uranium Enrichment Newsletter, June 2001, "Depleted Uranium": http://www.earthisland.org/yggdrasil/UEN_june_01.htm

This material compiled by Glen Lawrence, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at
Long Island University, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Phone: 718-488-1452; email: lawrence@liu.edu
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Last revised: May 5, 2004