Q&A: Severe Birth Defects Soar in Post-War Iraq
Families’ Heartache Over Falluja Birth Defects |
Iraq: A new study confirms what
many Iraqi doctors have been saying for years – that there is a virtual epidemic
of rare congenital birth defects in cities that suffered bombing and artillery
and small arms fire in the U.S.-led attacks and occupations of the
country.
The hardest hit appear to be Fallujah (2004), a city in central Iraq, and Basra in the south (December 1998, March and April 2003). Records show that the total number of birth defects observed by medical staff at Al Basrah Maternity Hospital more than doubled between 2003 and 2009. In Fallujah, between 2007 and 2010, more than half the children born there had some form of birth defect, compared to less than two percent in 2000.
toxic. An investigation in five Iraqi provinces has found that hazardous
material from US bases was being dumped locally rather than sent back to
America, in clear breach of Pentagon rules. Remember the things we kept finding
buried by the Iraqi army for years in the desert and all through Iraq? I am sure
we have been doing the same thing.
North and west of Baghdad, engine oil is leaking from 55-gallon drums into
dusty ground, open acid canisters sit within easy reach of children, and
discarded batteries lie close to irrigated farmland. A 2009 Pentagon document
shown to The Times by a private contractor working with US soldiers mentions “an
estimated 11 million pounds of hazardous waste” produced by American troops.
Even this figure appears to be only a partial estimate. Brigadier General
Kendall Cox, who is responsible for engineering and infrastructure in Iraq, told
The Times yesterday that he was in the process of disposing of 14,500 tons of
oil and soil contaminated with oil. “This has accumulated over seven years,” he
said.
Iraqis who have come into contact with some of the material suffer from
rashes and blistering on their hands and feet. They also complain of gagging and
coughing. Rats near sites where waste was dumped have died and lie next to
soiled containers. Private recycling companies located within American bases
have allegedly mixed hazardous material with ordinary scrap and passed it on to
local dealers. “By the time we see this stuff it is too late,” said Abu
Saif.
Some of the dumped materials have labels identifying them as US military
property or come with paperwork from the Department of Defense. A printout was
attached to a discarded canister of sulphuric acid, a highly corrosive liquid
used in waste water treatment. It said of the substance: “Causes severe burns to
skin and lungs … Get immediate medical attention … Use gas mask.” America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of dumped hazardous materials
Although the Pentagon has sent mixed signals about the effects of depleted
uranium, Iraqi doctors believe that it is responsible for a significant increase
in cancer and birth defects in the region. Many researchers outside Iraq, and
several U.S. veterans organizations, agree; they also suspect depleted uranium
of playing a role in Gulf War Syndrome. depleted uranium toxins and hazardous wastes responsible for increased birth defects
As you know, we have also used weapons containing depleted Uranium and didn’t
really think too much about it because I really wasn’t sure but depleted uranium
has not only turned Iraq and Afghanistan into uninhabitable nuclear holocaust
for millions of years. Remember the Gulf war Syndrome? Depleted uranium was also
used at Tora Bora. I was not aware of that! Cancer among soldiers is
rampant!
We are giving our own soldiers
a death sentence. Why are we not testing our soldiers? You know why! Anyway it
is also blowing over the rest of the planet causing Americans, Europeans, and
others to die from radiation diseases. Anyway, look at what we have done to Iraq
as part of the hell on earth Bush purposely created for Iraqi’s. Hundreds of
thousands homeless, Iraq incapable of supplying the basic needs of life, food,
housing, safety, and we are leaving them in a still erupting civil war in an
environment that will kill them. That is some legacy. A legacy only Bush could
be proud of! We are leaving Iraq as a giant hazardous waste dump!
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com
2012-11-04 11:46:29
Source: http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com/2012/11/q-severe-birth-defects-soar-in-post-war.html
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