Comitato STOP all'Uranio 238

Some italian citizens, concerned about the use of Depleted Uranium munitions during the War against Yugoslavia, joined to create the italian committee STOP U-238! in June 1999. In little time, they collected many information and discovered that DU is also used in a wide range of civil/military applications:

a) biological shieldings against X and gamma rays for radiation protection:
- gammaradiographic units for materials testing
- shieldings in radiotherapy appliances (hospitals)
- diaphragm system, shielding walls (hospitals)
- shieldings in ships with nuclear propulsion engines

b) transport containers of radioactive sources or wastes;

c) ballast:
- yacht keels

d) inertia and balancing counterweights:
- aircraft industry (Boeing, Lockheed, Bell, CarterCopter)
- ballistic applications (cruise missiles as Tomahawk)
- vibration absorptions
- centrifugal counterweights

e) weapons:
- kinetic penetrators (DU rounds)
- land and antipersonnel mines (ADAM, PDM)
- military tank armor (Abrams)

As the italian firefighters were unaware about the dangers, the committee filed a denunciation to the local police (July, 16, 1999) to warn about adverse effects of DU recycled in military and common objects. The committee created a fast Internet publishing team to spread information about DU contamination, and established E.N.A.D.U. to join together the european organizations who fight against low-level radiation hazards and chemical toxicity from DU products.

Contacts:

Marco Saba
webmaster
[ IDUST Advisory Board Member ]
Tel. (Italy+) 0328 5451087
E-mail: marcosaba@usa.net