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Depleted Uranium
BACKGROUND: Louisiana became the first state in the nation to pass a bill [known as Act 69] to give the right to all servicemen and women returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom for testing for depleted uranium contamination. Depleted uranium (DU), an extremely hazardous material, is a by-product of nuclear waste.
It was used extensively by the military as a hardener for ammunition and tanks in massive amounts in Afghanistan and Iraq. DU contamination can cause leukemia, various other cancers, DNA breakdown, and an unusually high occurrence of severe birth defects in offspring of soldiers who have come into contact with it.
--http://traprockpeace.org/du_louisiana.html
Pax Christi Dallas is currently working to instigate similar legislation in Texas. Please contact Joyce Hall at hallmj@sbcglobal.net if you are interested in working on this initiative.
Women in Black
Thursday, 2 p.m. Ferris Plaza, Young and Houston Street, downtown Dallas.
An opportunity
to protest the war every Thursday at the Federal building downtown. Demonstrators pass out informative literature to individuals entering the federal building.
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