Consequences of NATO Use of Depleted Uranium Shells in Kosovo

A ten to fifteen-fold increase in childhood lukemia, ...

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From early 2001 (turn on auto-generated Russian subtitles and auto-translate to English)

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The wave of concern is sweeping across European nations with troops in Balkans after it emerged that eight Italian soldiers who had served in Bosnia had since contracted leukemia.

Other nations are reporting sick soldiers and deaths as well.

The "Balkans Syndrome" now seems to be catching on in Russia, which maintains a 3,000-strong military contingent in Kosovo, and whose workers help remove land mines.

Russian workers fear their efforts removing thousands of land mines left in Kosovo in the wake of the bloody conflict in the Balkans may be hindered by health concerns over the use of uranium-tipped shells by NATO forces.

A team of Portuguese experts arrived in Bosnia on Thursday to conduct an investigation on the use of depleted uranium in this former war zone.

Experts from the Institute of Nuclear Technology from Lisbon searched for radioactivity through the military base of Portuguese soldiers in Visoko, 30 kilometers outside of Sarajevo.

First indications showed that none of the facilities used by Portuguese soldiers has been effected with depleted uranium.

The results of the investigation will be presented to the Portuguese government within the next few weeks.

Many governments whose soldiers were involved in the peace keeping operations have sent their scientific teams to the area.

So far, no link with the munitions has been established.

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