The US military first used depleted uranium munitions at scale during the 1991 Gulf War for their armor-piercing capability. The International Atomic Energy Agency published a 1991 report warning DU could cause 500,000 cancer deaths. Roughly 25% of the 700,000 deployed troops developed Gulf War Illness. A former Pentagon DU expert compared 'the military's reluctance to acknowledge DU's dangers' to the Agent Orange coverup. The VA denied the vast majority of Gulf War illness claims, initially dismissing symptoms as psychological. Scientific evidence linking DU to health effects remains contested, but the pattern of deployment despite known risks and subsequent denial mirrors Agent Orange.
The military deployed depleted uranium weapons knowing the health risks, then denied Gulf War veterans' illness claims for decades
βDepleted uranium weapons pose severe health risks to our own troops. The military knows this but the benefits of the weapons are prioritized over soldier safety.β
π The Receipts
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βDepleted uranium poses no significant health risk to soldiers. It is less radioactive than naturally occurring uranium in soil.β
β Department of Defense Β· Jan 1993
π They Laughed At Us
βDepleted uranium poses no significant health risk to soldiers. It is less radioactive than naturally occurring uranium in soil.β
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