Sending Deadly Depleted Uranium into the Air We Breathe

Re: Sending Deadly Depleted Uranium into the Air We Breathe


We do use DU in some bullets. DU is not a major factor in any of our bombs.





She is lying.





That would be a few tons for Afghanistan, and about 100 tons in Iraq.

Er... a half-life of 4.5 billion years means it is not terribly radioactive. Elements with short half-lives are the scary ones.


I notice that there are no hard numbers provided for radiation exposure. They provided plenty of other statistics, but "forgot" to include that critical piece of information? Please....


Give us the background radiation level, then the expected radiation dose expected over 30 years from a likely dose of depleted uranium.

You mean relatively short, right? I thought the half life for plutonium was pretty long.

Plutonium is scary in amounts that can lead to runaway nuclear reactions (read: nuclear explosions).

If we're talking grams or micrograms, you want stuff with a relatively short half-life



The article claims that depleted uranium is "deadly." But the best science they can come up with is that zero is the only safe amount. Well... the same goes for H2O, actually....

Don't forget the little nuke in some smoke detectors. I gotta go clip my toenails now, all 12 of them.

Yeah, myself, it's time to get haircuts for both my heads...
Yeah, myself, it's time to get haircuts for both my heads...


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FAILSAFE #48

Newsletter of the Food Intolerance Network

April - June 2006

The Food Intolerance Network supports people worldwide using a
low-chemical elimination diet free of additives, low in salicylates,
amines and flavour enhancers (FAILSAFE) for health, behaviour and
learning problems.

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THIS MONTH

The Palmers Island trial
Nestle to remove artificial colours from Smarties in the UK but not
Australia
Vets warn of deadly preservatives in pet food
Sugary drinks ban in Victorian schools
School reducing additives

Research: Additives in combination

In brief: Benzene in soft drinks, Food additives are big business,
Soft drinks and obesity, FSANZ Consumer Liaison Committee

Targeting.Get Smarties Campaign
Readers' stories: [410] - [419]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: Hint: toothpaste , Herbed scrambled eggs, Healthy
carrot cake


Hello everyone

The big news this month is that giant food corporation Nestle are
removing artificial colours from Smarties in the UK, but not here in
Australia because Nestles `had received no complaints about
Smarties'. Please, if you never do anything else about additives, do
this for us, and join our Get Smarties campaign now.

Also in this issue, why veterinarians warn of deadly preservatives
in pet food but doctors don't protect our children from the same
additives. Plus what's happening in schools, and reader stories -
the tragic account of a nurse who surrendered her son to the state
before realizing his violent attacks were food induced, the bizarre
story of a sulphite-fuelled cross country race where kids
were `dropping like flies with asthma attacks', reader comments on
our new DVD, and much more .
Happy failsafe eating - Sue Dengate

The Palmers Island trial

Last year a small school in Northern NSW asked us to help them with
a two week additive free trial so we took a professional camera crew
with us. Before the trial, we spent a day at the school talking to
120 students, staff and parents about the effects of nasty food
additives and teaching them how to read labels. During the trial the
students were offered additive free breakfasts at no cost,
encouraged to have bottles of water on their desks, and asked to eat
additive free foods at school and at home. A few families who had
been thinking about doing the full elimination diet took the
opportunity to do it and felt much more supported than usually
happens. About 70-80 per cent of children joined the trial, and
everyone noticed a difference - quieter, calmer, less yelling in
class, concentrating better, nicer to each other, less annoying,
naughty children less naughty - and no headaches, stomach aches or
skin rashes. After the trial, the children were allowed to buy a
treat, and the camera caught what some experts claim doesn't happen -
the children became loud, cheeky, annoying, fought with each other
again. We've already shown the Palmers Island clip to schoolteachers
and 2000 schoolchildren from over 25 schools. It's part of our new
DVD, launched this month. Based on Sue Dengate's `Fed Up with
Children's Behaviour' presentation and filmed in various locations
over six months, the DVD includes revealing interviews with parents
and children from Cairns to Gippsland illustrating the many aspects
of food intolerance. See viewers' feedback here.

Nestle to remove artificial colours from Smarties in the UK but not
Australia

Nestle UK is to remove all artificial colours from their Smarties
product amid safety concerns arising from a recent study at
Liverpool University which identified a possible harmful cocktail
effect on the nervous system of artificial colours and other
additives, see below in Research. Two of the colours examined were
Brilliant Blue (133) and Quinoline Yellow (104). Like many other
artificial colours, these are made from coal tar.

The colours being dropped from the Smarties range include Brilliant
Blue and Quinoline Yellow as well as Sunset Yellow (110), Ponceau
(124) and Carmoisine (122). As well as behavioural concerns about
Brilliant Blue, it is listed as a cancer risk by the US Environment
Protection Agency.

The move by Nestle is part of a major shift by the entire industry.
The Co-op and Iceland Supermarket chains and Marks & Spencer have
already removed artificial colours and additives from own-label
products. Last year Birdseye frozen foods giant in the UK removed
additives and Nestle have already removed artificial colouring from
Fruit Gums, Jelly Tots and Fruit Pastilles.

Nestle UK says it is responding to calls from consumers for more
natural ingredients but Nestle Australia has no plans to introduce
similar changes. According to a spokeswoman, this is because they
have received no consumer complaints.