Do anyone in DU-Watch know anything about this report?

Thanks,
Hajja Romi

No less than 75 tons of depleted uranium found in Gaza soil and subsoil after
Israel attacks
24.05.09 - 10:56

Gaza / PNN - 'Citizens Action to Dismantle Nuclear Weapons Completely' has
prepared a 33 page report showing the presence of tens of tons of depleted
uranium in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli attacks of late December and January are the culprit, report the
international organization.
"The quantity of depleted uranium may amount to no less than 75 tons found in
the soil and subsoil in the Gaza Strip," is the study's quote.

As many have suggested, the Israeli military used or may have used depleted
uranium in the ground and air assaults on the Strip during the operation in the
period between 27 December 2008 and January 18, 2009.

The report indicated that Norwegian Dr. Mads Gilbert, during the first few days
of participation in voluntary humanitarian work at Gaza City's Al Shifa
Hospital, condemned the presence of radioactive material that may have been
depleted uranium in the bodies of the victims.

And now the accusation emerged more strongly after several months of
investigations carried out in close association with the peoples concerned, and
with the assistance of international expert on sustainable development and use
of prohibited weapons Jean - Francois Feacheno.

The international mission itself was composed of four members, including expert
Feacheno, adviser to the reduction of pollution, and experts accredited to the
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). They travelled to the Gaza Strip in
April 2009 under the auspices of the Arab Committee for Human Rights.

The specialist laboratory used analysis of soil and dust samples from their
mission to the Gaza Strip and found the elements of depleted uranium, a
radioactive material, causing cancer and deformities.

The analysis also showed the presence of particles of the cesium, a radioactive
and carcinogenic dust which includes asbestos, a carcinogenic, in addition to
volatile organic compounds and fine particles that pose health risks, especially
children's health, those living with asthma and the elderly.

Also found in the samples was phosphate resulting from the oxidation of white
phosphorus and tungsten material carcinogens, in addition to copper and aluminum
oxide, a carcinogenic and radioactive thorium oxide material.

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