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hangloose Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 01:49 AM
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Nano-particles pinpointed "Depleted Uranium"
Depleted uranium weapons and the untold misery they wreak on mankind are taboo subjects in the mainstream media. There are indications, however, that the media embargo is about to be breached.

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“DU dust does more than wreak havoc on the immune systems of those who breathe it or touch it; the substance also alters one's genetic code,” Koehler wrote. “The Pentagon's response to such charges is denial, denial, denial. And the American media is its moral co-conspirator.”

The U.S. government has known for at least twenty years that DU weapons produce clouds of poison gas on impact. These clouds of aerosolized DU are laden with billions of toxic sub-micron sized particles. A 1984 Dept. of Energy conference on Nuclear Airborne Waste reported that tests of DU anti-tank missiles showed that at least 31 percent of the mass of a DU penetrator is converted to nano-particles on impact. In larger bombs the percentage of aerosolized DU increases to nearly 100 percent, Fulk told AFP.

Depleted uranium is harmful in three ways, according to Fulk: "Chemical toxicity, radiological toxicity, and particle toxicity." Particles in the nano-meter (one billionth of a meter) range are a "new breed of cat," Moret wrote. Because the size of the nano-particles allows them to pass freely throughout the organism and into the nucleus of its cells, exposure to nano-particles causes different symptoms than exposure to larger particles of the same substance.

Internalized DU particles, Fulk said, act as "a non-specific catalyst" in both "nuclear and non-nuclear" ways. This means that the uranium particle can affect human DNA and RNA because of both its chemical and radiological properties. This is why internalized DU particles cause "many, many diseases," Fulk said.


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http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=2670

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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 01:53 AM
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1. DU dust? Maybe since DU is our name...
The MSM has decided to poison the term.
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hangloose Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 02:07 AM
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2. No connection friend, just a coincidence
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 02:55 AM
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3. It would be DU.
Anything to smear the Democrats.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:44 AM
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4. There is one part of that article that I simply cannot accept as true:

"The media embargo may soon be breached"


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