Depleted Uranium is Safe

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From the Washington Post of 22 Mar 2005:

Soldier Feels Abandoned In His Courtroom Battle
So the 33-year-old says he can't understand why the military is refusing a routine subpoena that he believes could help him avoid a 13-year prison sentence.

McKibben goes on trial today in Howard County District Court on charges of assaulting a police officer during what he and his doctors believe was an epileptic seizure related to his now-removed brain tumor. But military officials will not allow his doctors to testify.

In Baghdad, McKibben said, his main job was fixing Bradley Fighting Vehicles, ... All the mechanics in his unit lived in a junkyard filled with damaged vehicles from the Iraqi army [contaminated with depleted uranium]. ...

Doctors soon diagnosed him with a tumor on the right lobe of his brain and nodules in his right lung. ...

"I know it was the uranium that caused the tumor. ... A lot of other guys in my units started developing cysts all over their bodies. One guy died." ...

Ann Johnson, a spokeswoman for Walter Reed, said the policy restricting testimony of military staff is designed to limit "the loss of duty time by Army personnel" and "to include strict impartiality where the Army does not have an interest in the litigation."

One additional factor. The DoD insists that deplete uranium is harmless.