BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US rejects Iraq DU clean-up

We have no intention of doing any depleted uranium cleanup.

How would you like to hear your returning son give you testimony like this?

“Ray Bristow was tested in Canada for DU. He is open-minded about its role in his condition. But he says: “I remained in Saudi Arabia throughout the war. I never once went into Iraq or Kuwait, where these munitions were used. But the tests showed, in layman’s terms, that I have been exposed to over 100 times an individual’s safe annual exposure to depleted uranium.”