346,000 US troops exposed AND showing various signs of DEPLETED URANIUM exposure! "The Depleted Uranium Munitions Study Act, introduced by Rep. Jim McDermott, D-WA, in May of last year, would require the Pentagon to conduct a long-term study on the effects of exposure to depleted uranium. McDermott also is a physician, and he says the increase in birth defects among Iraqi children since the first Gulf War shows a need for this study. "The military keeps saying there's no problem, but what I saw in Iraq makes me feel like I'm going though Vietnam again with what they said about Agent Orange." The U.S. military uses depleted uranium in many of its weapons because of its armour-piercing capabilities. When depleted uranium strikes a target, small particles of the high-density metal are released into the air. Soldiers on the battlefield may inhale those particles, or worse, have depleted uranium fragments embedded in their bodies. "We should not expose our troops to something that we have not studied carefully and know what the problems may or may not be," says McDermott" http://www.prisonplanet.com/Pages/Aug05/200805DU.htm http://www.gulfwarvets.com/du.htm http://www.albany.edu/campusnews/releases_455.htm http://www.prisonplanet.com/article...706deadlydu.htm http://www.prisonplanet.com/article...70306poison.htm