Four soldiers from a New York Army National Guard
company serving in Iraq are contaminated with
radiation likely caused by dust from depleted uranium
shells fired by U.S. troops, a Daily News
investigation has found.
They are among several members of the same company,
the 442nd Military Police, who say they have been
battling persistent physical ailments that began last
summer in the Iraqi town of Samawah.
"I got sick instantly in June," said Staff Sgt. Ray
Ramos, a Brooklyn housing cop. "My health kept going
downhill with daily headaches, constant numbness in my
hands and rashes on my stomach."
A nuclear medicine expert who examined and tested nine
soldiers from the company says that four "almost
certainly" inhaled radioactive dust from exploded
American shells manufactured with depleted uranium.
(Lähde: Kosovo Daily News)
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Lyhyesti suomennettuna: 4 jenkkisotilasta ovat saaneet radioaktiivista säteilyä hengitettyään pölyä, joka on peräisin jostain jenkkiräjähteen jämästä.
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