ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM USED IN THE NATO AGGRESSION AGAINST FRY
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM USED IN THE NATO AGGRESSION AGAINST FRY

Summary/Abstract: The recent war histories of the Balkans and the Persian Gulf between 1992 and 2002 correlate with the numerous health consequences of recurrent exposure to low-slow radiation doses derived from military usage of depleted uranium. The University Clinical Center of Serbia confirmed the study of reliable medical evidence on the health effects of depleted uranium, both early and delayed. In pediatric patients from Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, pneumonia has been confirmed following the bombardment of the FRY by missiles containing depleted uranium in their penetrators. This low-slow radiation dose pneumonitis is cytologically and clinically distinct from high-dose radiation pneumonitis, which develops after an accident or therapeutic procedures. The most prevalent pathologies over a protracted course include malignant diseases, prenatal malformations, thyroid gland function problems, and Gulf/Balkan War syndrome over a protracted course. The Gulf/Balkan War syndrome affects both military people and civilians; it has several causes, affects multiple systems, and presents as non-cancerous illnesses and malignancies over time. Our knowledge has evolved from in vitro studies to a deeper understanding of unexpected and poorly understood natural events, whose consequences may develop depending on the lithosphere, atmosphere, ionosphere, and biosphere interactions. There is a ton of information available on the environmental and health repercussions of uranium employed by the military, despite the forced toleration and quiet enforced by NATO in the nations attacked by missiles with DU penetrators since the last decade of the XX century. Members of the NATO alliance close to bombarded areas are exposed to polluted aerosols too, which increases their chance of developing malignant illnesses comparable to those seen in bombed nations. Minimizing and obscuring the effects of depleted uranium bombardment prolongs an experiment in vivo with an uncertain and tragic ending.

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