Leuren Moret is an American independent scientist and international expert on radiation and public health issues.She has devoted her life to awakening the public to the destructive consequences of the depleted uranium munitions used by the U.S. military and has made relentless efforts to stop the United States from destroying the environment. Following is the text of a Press TV interview with Leuren Moret published on October 25:
Q: The U.S. is using DU weapons in violation of international treaties. Why is the international community not forcing the U.S. to stop the use and production of such weaponry? A: I’ve asked that question many times myself. With the demonstrated total and complete failure of international judicial remedies more
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It's all in the dose. The amounts of DU expended and the portion of that converted to a harmful form is miniscule.
I'm afraid there's really no legitimate scientific support for the apocalyptic proclamations that are made about a tiny, tiny amount of DU dust that only a tiny, tiny fraction of people are ever exposed to anyway. Even THOSE people have shown few ill-effects.
I think it's incredibly irresponsible to participate in the demonization of this effective weapon of war, minus the benefit of legitimate scientific proof that it's anywhere close to deserving such a hideous reputation.
The damage done to international relations is hard to gauge, but this kind of garbage put out by unqualified, agenda-driven individuals like Moret regularly appears in foreign media, which is often under state control, to be used by tyrants as a propaganda smoke screen with which to distract from their own *abuses.
* "Today, I am echoing the pain and suffering of women and men who endured intolerable tortures, but refused to succumb to the shame of surrender to religious fascism. 120,000 of them were sent before firing squads, but did not bow to dictatorship."
How about throwing a little support Maryam's way, Leuren, and a little less toward the regime that is actively suppressing her and millions of others, who would simply like to have a chance at enjoying some of the same liberal democratic freedoms (like bashing your own government and military without fear of violent reprisal) that you take for granted?
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