MER Article Depleted Uranium Haunts Kosovo and Iraq Iraq and Kosovo may be thousands of miles apart, but they share the dubious distinction of contamination with radioactive residue from depleted uranium (DU) bullets used in American air strikes. After several years of silence, US officials finally admitted that 340 tons of DU were fired during the G Scott Peterson • 3 min read
MER Article The Gulf War Battlefield: Still “Hot” with Depleted Uranium The men guarding the ruins of the remote Kharanj oil pumping station near Iraq’s border with Saudi Arabia don’t wander around much. Parts of this facility, destroyed by American air raids during the 1991 Gulf war, remain “hot” -- radioactive. The guards confine themselves to one small building, avoi Scott Peterson • 10 min read
