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D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ

Learn about the devastating impact of Depleted Uranium (D.U.) weapons on the health of residents in South Iraq post the 1991 aggression. Discover the rise in cancer incidence, fetal malformations, and mysterious ailments. Explore the concerning pattern of tumors and familial cancer clustering in Basrah. Understand the alarming increase in cancer mortality rates documented over the years.

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D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ

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  1. D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ BY Dr. JAWAD AL-ALI, M.R.C.P.(U.K.). CANCER TREATMENT CENTER, BASRAH

  2. INTRODUCTION • D.U. WEAPONS WERE USED FORTHE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY AGAINST IRAQI ARMY AND CIVILIANS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 17/Jan./1991-28/FEB./1991. • 500-800 TONS WERE DELIVERED AND AT LEAST 300TONS DELIVERED AT THE WEST OF BASRAH. • THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT RISK OF GETTING D.U. DISEASES ABOUT 45% OF THOSE WHO WERE RESIDENT IN THE AREA AT THAT TIME. • NO AREA IN IRAQ IS EXCLUDED FROM THE EFFECTS OF D.U.

  3. D.U. AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ. • INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF CANCERS FEW YEARS AFTER THE 1991 AGGRESSION. • INCREASE IN FOETAL MALFORMATIONS AND ABORTIONS. • APPEARANCE OF MYOPATHIES, NEUROPATHIES AND RENAL FAILUER OF UNKNOWN CAUSES.

  4. PATTERN OF CANCERS AFTER 1991 • YOUNG AGED ARE AFFECTED BY CANCERS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE. • TYPES OF TUMOURS ARE RELATED TO INCUBATION PERIODS WHICH MADE RADIATION A POSSIBLE CAUSE. • FAMILIAL CANCER CLUSTERING IS SEEN AFTER 1991 AGGRESSION. • THE TUMOURS ARE UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED IN BASRAH.

  5. INCIDENCE OF CANCERS IN BASRAH. • THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN 1988 ACCORDING TO LOCAL REGISTRY WAS 11/100000 OF POPULATION. • IN 1998 THE INCIDENCE INCREASED TO 75/100000, WHILE IN 2001 THE INCIDENCE RAISED TO 116/100000.

  6. CANCER MORTALITY IN BASRAH

  7. rhabdomyosarcoma

  8. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Of the left thigh after a shell injury from an exploded depleted uranium messile

  9. Osteogenic sarcoma

  10. N.H.L.

  11. THANK YOU

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