Assessment of the Risks from Imbedded Fragments of Depleted Uranium

Daxon, Eric G.; Musk, Jeffery H

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“…During Operation Desert Storm, at least 40 tons of DU munitions were fired by the U.S. Army and Air Force (Daxon, personal communication). Unfortunately, during this conflict, a number of U.S. military personnel were wounded by DU shrapnel 7 ' 8 ' 16 . Many of these fragments were not removed because the removal procedure would produce excessive tissue damage.…”

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Evaluation of the Health Risks of Embedded Depleted Uranium (DU) Shrapnel on Pregnancy and Offspring Development

Benson¹

2001

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Evaluation of the Health Risks of Embedded Depleted Uranium (DU) Shrapnel on Pregnancy and Offspring Development

Benson¹

2001

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“…One of our economy’s largest exports is weaponry. According to Lt. Col. Eric Daxon, the Gulf War was an effective advertisement for depleted uranium penetrators (Daxon, 1994). War is lucrative for some, exploitative of many.…”

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War stories and constructs: Toward healing and reconciliation.

Larson¹

1999

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Here is a book that is hard to read yet hard to put down. Even when set aside, its images continue to haunt the reader. Through interviews and well-documented research, Daniel Hallock offers a collection of self-reports by veterans that discloses unconscionable inhumanities and provides a stark look into the plague of warfare this century. Hell, Healing, and Resistance identifies archetypal experiences, regardless of which war. In this treatise on behavioral conditioning by the military and war's psychological impact, a common theme surfaces: ambivalence over witnessed incongruous beauty amid atrocity. Because war survivors are so existentially raw, the process toward psychological healing is especially dramatic. Through this testament to human endurance, the reader comes to understand the vital struggle to regain and retain humanity. This is a book of redemption, forgiveness, and reconciliation that raises questions and answers about the core of human nature.Prussian General Karl von Clausewitz once stated that "war is a remarkable trinity of the people, the army, and the government" (p. 178). The government creates, the military commits, and the people condone war. The book preface introduces these three aspects of war by following the journey of Philip Berrigan from naive, disciplined combatant through his process of awakening and healing. Eventually, he reaches a state of awareness and outrage that becomes the catalyst for conscientious personal action. Berrigan describes a public frozen into complacency by fear. His words suggest that unconquered personal fear can lead to vio-

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“…The United States has initiated a global DU arms race. As Lieutenant Colonel Eric Daxon candidly affirmed at a National Institutes of Health workshop, “Desert Storm was great advertisement for the DU penetrator” (Daxon, 1994). U.S. “defense” has grown into a profit-motivated industry.…”

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Depleted uranium: A tragedy of the commons.

Larson¹

1996

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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The Tragedy of the Commons parable (Hardin, 1968) is contrasted with a social catharsis concept called the Comedy of Community (Levine, 1986) as both pertain to environmental and health concerns regarding the use of depleted uranium (DU). The origin, nature, and exposure risks of DU are explored. A theory of justice model (Sheppard, Lewicki, & Minton, 1992) is implemented to evaluate the need for action in opposition to the use of DU. Greed, at both individual and systemic levels, is shown to be fundamental to the DU issue. Collective greed with its adverse effects is then contrasted with the merits of dissent as a collective, civic responsibility. Citizen activism is regarded as essential for keeping the government accountable for DU contamination. Current, proposed, and speculative solutions to the DU problem are presented.

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Assessment of the Risks from Imbedded Fragments of Depleted Uranium

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Evaluation of the Health Risks of Embedded Depleted Uranium (DU) Shrapnel on Pregnancy and Offspring Development

Evaluation of the Health Risks of Embedded Depleted Uranium (DU) Shrapnel on Pregnancy and Offspring Development

War stories and constructs: Toward healing and reconciliation.

Depleted uranium: A tragedy of the commons.

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