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Article: DoD studies medical impact of depleted uranium in the Balkans.
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- M2 Presswire
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- October 31, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2001-US DOD: DoD studies medical impact of depleted uranium in the Balkans (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The Department of Defense released today an information paper, "Depleted Uranium Environmental and Medical Surveillance in the Balkans," which summarizes medical and environmental assessments performed in the Balkans area by a number of countries. On the whole, these assessments have not found any connections between depleted uranium exposure in the Balkans and negative health effects. Most of the work assessed was done independently, by organizations outside the Defense Department. The information paper ...