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The Destruction of Nature is a Cost of War
by Ci Davis
We have become accustomed to seeing the human impacts of war, from starvation in Sudan to the almost 100,000 killed in Gaza, but most people will be less familiar with the environmental impacts. On February 28th, another Middle East war broke out when the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran. In the first few hours, the Supreme Leader was killed, followed by the bombing of a school, killing 150 Iranian schoolgirls, and soon after, columns of smoke began to rise from targeted hits on petrochemical infrastructures.
Over the past three weeks, oil refineries, gas fields, tankers, nuclear facilities, desalination plants, oil storage tanks, air bases, and industrial areas have all been attacked. The water, marine and toxic-air pollution are a consequence of the smoke from the multiple infernos, from the widely dispersed toxic fragments, and from the many chemicals and heavy metals that escape into the soil and water, caused by thousands of bomb and missile strikes
The human and environmental costs of another war prompted two protests in Sheffield. On 21st March, 150 people demonstrated outside the Town Hall to call for an end to the war on Iran and also made connections with other current conflicts, including Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine and Cuba.
Our media tends to represent the environmental impacts of war as collateral damage, an unfortunate side effect, but really, they are a deliberate and targeted means of disrupting the lives of people by making their connection to land fragile or even untenable. No clearer example exists than the use of Agent Orange to defoliate the forests of Vietnam that left millions of Vietnamese and hundreds of thousands of US veterans with multigenerational health disorders and birth defects. Environmental harm is one of the ways that war impacts lives that can last many decades.
The environmental impacts of war cannot be separated from the environmental costs of the military machine itself, which is responsible for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, which rose by a staggering 9.4% in 2024. The US military is the largest institutional emitter of GHGs that are responsible for climate change, burning 270000 barrels of oil daily. Countries are not required to produce figures for the wartime emissions, but recently it is estimated that the war in Ukraine has produced 237 million tonnes of CO2, the Gaza conflict 32 million tonnes and in the first 5 days of the Iran war 5 million tonnes. At a time when all countries should be doing everything to reduce climate and environmental damage, the resort to war is escalating the harm.
Apocalyptic images, showing clouds of black toxic smoke blocking out the sun over Tehran, following the bombings of local oil depots on 7th March, are haunting. The oily residues, soot and sulphur-laden smoke, combined with a rare rainstorm, produced acid rain, causing immediate respiratory impacts with a lasting health legacy. For people who had already experienced chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war, this environmental warfare was experienced as chemical warfare again.
Impact of War on the Environment Author: Sayedqudrathashimy1991 Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe Middle East is experiencing the climate crisis through water insecurity. The conflict in Syria, which displaced 1.5 million people between 2007 and 2010, was in part precipitated by drought. There are clear parallels to Iran today. After six years of drought, the water supply to Tehran was at just 11% capacity, and the shortage of water to drink or to supply agriculture contributed to protests in January 2026. War is exploiting this suffering, with all parties having targeted water and sewerage systems that, if continued, threaten to displace people throughout the region, as well as causing severe health impacts.
Most of us will be familiar with the skeletons of buildings and mountains of debris from TV images of Gaza. The 61 million tonnes of rubble are laden with asbestos, unexploded weapons, dead bodies, and untreated sewerage that has rendered the land unfit for agriculture. The clearance will take decades and burn through hundreds of thousands more tonnes of fossil fuel, and we are seeing the same thing being repeated across Iran and the Gulf.
Years after wars end, the land, air and sea will remain contaminated. Thankfully, the deliberate targeting of the environment is becoming recognised in International Law as a war crime or ecocide and can be punished under the ICC’s Rome Statute. If it is demonstrated that the military intentionally launched an attack, knowing that it will cause long-term severe damage to the natural environment, that is excessive to the military advantage anticipated, then prosecutions may follow.
As the war drags on, it risks total destruction of the oil-fields, spillage of nuclear material, and depleted Uranium contamination. These huge environmental threats will have global impacts, experienced as economic shocks and agricultural losses, threatening food security. War demonstrates our intimate connection with the land and the importance of environmental protection.
Most people oppose the war, the use of UK bases in support of it, and sending the military to the Middle East. We should make our voices heard, calling upon world leaders to respond to our opposition and pull back from the brink, for the sake of people and the planet.
For more information on what you can do, contact: [email protected]
References
Gayle, D. (2025, May 31). What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/what-is-ecocide-and-could-it-become-a-under-international-law
Gayle, D. (2026, March 20). From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/down-to-earth-iran-us-israeli-war-environmental-destruction
Holmes, O., Gayle, D., & Ahmedzade, T. (2026, March 23). Tehran’s toxic cloud: Satellite images show oily fires burned for days. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/tehran-toxic-cloud-satellite-image-oil-fires
Meadway, J. (2026, January 15). How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests
Moneer, Z. (2026, March 22). Water Infrastructure Has Become a Target in Modern Warfare. Earth.Org. https://earth.org/from-lifeline-to-strategic-weapon-how-water-infrastructure-becomes-a-target-in-armed-conflicts/
Neimark, B., & Mackintosh, K. (2025, November 4). How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.4yt3f6ys7
New data reveals the Military Emissions Gap is growing wider. (2025, November 6). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/new-data-reveals-the-military-emissions-gap-is-growing-wider/
Palmer, M. G. (2005). The legacy of agent orange: Empirical evidence from central Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 60(5), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.037
Photos: Dire water shortages pile misery on Gaza’s starving population. (n.d.). Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 March 2026, from https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/4/unprecedented-water-crisis-in-gaza-amid-israeli-induced-starvation
The US-Israel war on Iran and how war and conflict are destroying the environment. (2026, March 19). Greenpeace International. https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82201/iran-lebanon-war-environment-climate-impacts/
Three days of Operation Epic Fury: Rapid overview of environmental harm in Iran and the region. (2026, March 3). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/three-days-of-operation-epic-fury-rapid-overview-of-environmental-harm-in-iran-and-the-region/
#AcidRain #AgentOrange #ChemicalWeapons #Cuba #DepletedUranium #environment #Gaza #GreenhouseGas #Iran #Iraq #Lebanon #nuclear #Oil #sewage #SheffieldAntiWarCoalition #Sudan #Ukraine #Vietnam #War #Water -
@QudsNen if the zionist entity takes over more territory as a result of this recent putsch it really is the beginning of the end of the nation-state system
I don't know if anyone alive today will see what comes next especially since these fuckers are threatening with things like depleted uranium, but you want to know how fucking stupid the zionists are?
They are doing bunker buster bombs with #depletedUranium in land they want to take over
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Arguably a better fate than being a ballistic projectile?
"We first demonstrate a nonaqueous rechargeable battery using uranium and iron as active materials. This uranium-iron battery achieves an open-circuit voltage of approximately 1.3 V, exhibits stable cycling performance, and delivers a good Coulombic efficiency of 86 ± 2%. These characteristics suggest a promising avenue for utilizing depleted uranium in innovative applications."
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"I came to understand the importance of a deeper interdisciplinary scholarship that would better support what doctors in #Fallujah had been yelling to the international community for years [..] which is that something horrible has happened to the #environmentInFallujah, that it is changing ppl's reproductive health..."
#KaliRubaii on toxic supply chains of war in #Iraq
https://soundcloud.com/vomekpfa-1/toxic-supply-chains-of-war-in-iraq
#uranium #depletedUranium #uraniumPoisoning #ecocide #USmilitaryPollution #IraqWar #DRC @iraq
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Holy sh*t! This from my friend #BrendaNorrell at #CensoredNews: Update (10/28/2024): "Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's push for #uranium and #LithiumMining in #SacredPlaces in #IndianCountry, poisoning the water, and the push for increased #plutonium storage in the heart of #PuebloLand, and promotion of the #AtomicBomb industry as #GreenEnergy, was surprising and confusing -- until a reader exposed the U.S. Defense Department [#USDOD] contracts going to Haaland's tribe's business #LagunaIndustries in #NewMexico. See reader comments below."
O'odham Woman Becomes Hero When Genocide Joe Comes to Town
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 25, 2024
From the comments section:
Anonymous wrote:
"Deb Haaland's tribe's business, Laguna Industries uses #DepletedUranium in their military components. Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process, and it's incredible dense, making it ideal for military applications. It's used to make armor-piercing ammunition for tank armor because it can easily penetrate armored vehicles. Their front company is a maker of car wash components."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/oodham-woman-becomes-hero-when-genocide.html#more#ReaderSupportedNews #FreePalestine #NoUraniumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMining #Greenwashing #CulturalGenocide #DefendTheSacred #CorporateColonialism #NoNukes #NoWar #HaulNo
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From 2006: #BunkerBuster bombs containing #DepletedUranium warheads used by #Israel against #civilian targets in #Lebanon
By Dr. Doug Rokke
Global Research, November 06, 2006"The delivery of at least 100 GBU 28 bunker busters bombs containing depleted #uranium warheads by the #UnitedStates to Israel for use against targets in Lebanon will result in additional #radioactive and chemical #toxic contamination with consequent adverse health and #environmental effects throughout the #MiddleEast. #Israeli #TankGunners are also using depleted uranium tank rounds as photographs verify.
"Today, U.S., British, and now Israeli military personnel are using illegal uranium munitions- America’s and #England’s own '#DirtyBombs' while U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, and British Ministry of Defence officials deny that there are any adverse health and environmental effects as a consequence of the manufacture, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions to avoid liability for the willful and illegal dispersal of a radioactive toxic material – depleted uranium.
"The use of uranium weapons is absolutely unacceptable, and a crime against #humanity. Consequently the citizens of the world and all governments must force cessation of uranium weapons use. I must demand that Israel now provide medical care to all DU casualties in Lebanon and clean up all DU contamination.
"U.S. and British officials have arrogantly refused to comply with their own regulations, orders, and directives that require United States Department of Defense officials to provide prompt and effective medical care to “all” exposed individuals. Reference: Medical Management of Unusual Depleted Uranium Casualties, DOD, Pentagon, 10/14/93, Medical Management of Army personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU) Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Command 29 April 2004, and section 2-5 of U.S. Army Regulation 700-48. Israeli officials must not do so now.
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"The previous and current use of uranium weapons, the release of radioactive components in destroyed U.S. and foreign military equipment, and releases of industrial, medical, research facility radioactive materials have resulted in unacceptable exposures. Therefore, decontamination must be completed as required by U.S. Army Regulation 700-48 and should include releases of all radioactive materials resulting from military operations.
"The extent of adverse health and environmental effects of uranium weapons contamination is not limited to combat zones but includes facilities and sites where uranium weapons were manufactured or tested including #Vieques; #PuertoRico; #ColonieNewYork; #ConcordMA; #JeffersonProvingGrounds, #Indiana; and #SchofieldBarracks, #Hawaii. Therefore medical care must be provided by the United States Department of Defense officials to all individuals affected by the manufacturing, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions. Thorough environmental remediation also must be completed without further delay."
#NoUraniumMining #BannedWeapons #DU #UraniumContamination #WarCrimes
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I'm seeing reports of #Israel using #BunkerBuster bombs, but did you know that #DepletedUranium is often used in those bombs?
"Often, these types of bombs use depleted #uranium in their casing, similar to certain shells, which enhances their strength. While this does not make them #nuclear weapons, it does disperse #radioactive contamination at the impact site, which can be felt in an area of several meters, at low levels."
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-822195
#WorldWarBibi #MiddleEast #Lebanon #BannedWeapons #BibiIsAWarCriminal
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#Israel used #DepletedUranium shells in Syria
By JPOST.COM STAFF
MAY 6, 2013"Israel used depleted uranium shells in the alleged strike in Syria on Sunday, a senior Syrian military source told Russia Today on Monday.
"'When the explosion happened it felt like an earthquake, then a giant golden mushroom of fire appeared. This tells us that Israel used depleted uranium shells,' the source said.
"Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the production of enriched uranium for use in nuclear reactors. It is 2.5 times as dense as steel, which allows it to penetrate heavy protection. The material is known to be #toxic, but not dangerously #radioactive.
"Syrian state television claimed the bombing occurred around a military research facility at #Jamraya. The New York Times reported that the strike also targeted the bases of the elite Republican Guard and storehouses of long-range missiles."
Read more:
https://www.jpost.com/Defense/Syria-Israel-used-depleted-uranium-shells-in-Syria-strike-312189 -
[Listen] #Palestine #IAEA rep: #Israel not international community’s ‘darling’ any more
#SalahAbdelShafi discusses Israel’s alleged #DepletedUranium use in #Gaza and #nuclear threats.
9 Jun 2024
"Salah Abdel Shafi discusses Israel’s alleged use of depleted uranium in Gaza and the unsettling nuclear threats by Israeli ministers. Highlighting the inaction of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in escalating these issues to Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s government, Abdel Shafi sheds light on the urgency and gravity of the situation. Salah Abde Shafi, the Palestinian permanent representative to the IAEA, talks to Al Jazeera."
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Not the first time #Israel has used #DepletedUranium on civilian populations...
From 2015: VP/HR — Gaza Strip and bombs with depleted uranium
March 3, 2015
"There is now enough convincing data to prove that Israel has repeatedly used depleted uranium [#DU] weaponry. Such was the case in the large-scale massacre that took place in the #GazaStrip in August 2014.
"These weapons cause #cancers and #foetal malformations in the populations affected, which may take on epidemic proportions. In #Iraq, in the city of #Fallujah, where these bombs were launched in industrial quantities by the International Coalition led by the# UnitedStates, 52% of children today are born with #deformities.
"The lethal effects of #radioactivity caused by explosions and subsequent fires, including cancer of the lungs and pleura, can persist for centuries in the #environment and particularly in #aquifers. We are therefore on the verge of another humanitarian catastrophe in #Palestine and in particular in the #Gaza Strip, where thousands of tons of depleted uranium bombs were dropped with the effects that have already been documented.
"In view of this situation, what is the Vice-President/High Representative thinking of doing to pressure Israel into assuming its responsibilities for this crime against humanity, and what help can the Vice-President/High Representative offer to the Palestinian authorities to carry out epidemiological monitoring, which also includes all EU citizens who have moved to the territory since then?"
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2015-003481_EN.html
#WaterIsLife #FreePalestine #IsraeliWarCrimes #UraniumPoisoning #DU
#WorldWarBibi #NoWar #NoDepletedUranium #NoNuclearWeapons
#RadioactiveContamination
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#Israel using internationally banned bombs in #Lebanon, chemists union says
October 7, 2024
"The Syndicate of Chemists in Lebanon (#SCL) warned yesterday that the extent of destruction and the depth of damage to buildings and the ground confirms the use of internationally banned bombs containing #DepletedUranium by #Israeli forces, warning of the risk of contracting many diseases as a result of inhaling the [#radioactive] dust caused by the bombing.
"It said in a 'very important warning” that it condemns “the barbaric aggression against civilians in Lebanon and the massacres being committed against the Lebanese people,' noting that the warning aims 'to raise awareness about the effects of inhaling the dust from Israeli bombings in several Lebanese areas.'
"'The extent of destruction and the penetration of buildings and ground by dozens of metres is evidence of the use of #bombs containing depleted #uranium, which has tremendous penetrating power,' it added.
"The SCL stressed that “the use of such types of internationally banned weapons, especially in densely populated #Beirut, leads to massive destruction, and their dust causes many diseases, especially when inhaled.'
"The SCL called on 'the international community to stop the aggression against Lebanon, and to stop the use of internationally banned bombs.'
"It also called on the Lebanese state to file a lawsuit with the #UNSecurityCouncil 'against the violations taking place on Lebanese soil and the attempted mass killings of innocent #civilians.'"
#DU #WorldWarBibi #IsraeliWarCrimes #IDFTerrorism #NoWar #NoDepletedUranium #NoNuclearWeapons #RadioactiveContamination #HumanRightsViolations #BannedWeapons
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Lebanese chemists say evidence points to Israel’s use of depleted uranium in attacks
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The chemists found that “the extent of the destruction and the penetration of buildings and land for depths amounting to dozens of metres is evidence of the use of bombs that contain depleted uranium”. -
[Thread] The next installment from #KleeBenally 's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender
“The devastation of #NuclearColonialism, which permanently destroys #Indigenous communities throughout the world, is outright ignored by some of the most devout #ClimateJustice advocates. They claim #NuclearEnergy production is also a #GreenSolution to the #ClimateCrisis. More than 15,000 abandoned #UraniumMines are located within the so-called US, mostly in and around Indigenous communities, permanently poisoning #SacredLands and waters with little to no action being taken to clean up their deadly toxic legacy. There are currently 93 operating #NuclearReactors in the so-called US that supply 20% of the country’s electricity. There are 60,000 tons of #HighlyRadioactive spent waste store in concrete dams at #NuclearPowerPlants throughout the country with the waste increasing at a rate of 2,000 tons per year.
“In 1987 the ‘US’ Congress initiated a controversial project to transport and store almost all of the US’s #ToxicWaste at #YuccaMountain located about 100 miles northwest of so-called #LasVegas, #Nevada. Yucca Mountan has been held holy to the #Paiute and #WesternShoshone Nations since time immemorial. In January 2010 the #ObamaAdminstration approved a $54 billion taxpayer loan in a guarantee program for new nuclear reactor construction, three times what Bush previously promised in 2005. In April 2022, the #BidenAdministration government bailout to ‘rescue’ nuclear power plants at risk for closing. A #Colonial government representative stated, ‘US nuclear power contributes more than half of our #CarbonFree electricity, and President Biden is committed to keeping these plants active to reach our #CleanEnergy goals.’
“They, along with Climate Justice activiists, cite nuclear energy as necessary to combat #GlobalWarming, all while ignoring the devastating percent impacts #IndigenousPeoples have faced. There is nothing clean about energy produced from nuclear colonialism. From its weapons (including #DepletedUranium) to its #Mining and its waste; Indigenous bodies, lands, and waters continue to be sacrificed to heat water with radioactive materials which creates steam that moves generators to change batteries made from #Lithium extracted from other Indigenous sacred lands so #Teslas can mo you forward into a ‘just’ climate future.
“A green economy sustains and advances colonial progress, which means mitigated selective and ongoing destruction of #MotherEarth.”
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#IndigenousAnarchy
#Ecosystem #HaulNo #DefendTheSacred
#CorporateColonialism #NoDAPL #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife #ClimateDefenders #NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #CorporateColonialism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Greenwashng #NuclearWeapons #RestInPowerKleeBenally #RIPKleeBenally #StopCanyonMine -
@Stoat Wonder if he's recommending #DepletedUranium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium
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"Ukraine: Why is uranium ammunition so controversial?"
#nuclear #radiation #fallout #DepletedUranium
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-impact-of-controversial-uranium-munitions/a-66752354
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How do we KNOW the whole "hurrr, depleted Uranium" is #dezinformatsiya?
#russia is pushing it
#DepletedUranium is about as harmful as Lead (Pb). Don't lick either of those, please.
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I'm so sick of all people trying to convince me that DU is totally harmless.
Just fuck them. Have 0 tolerance for such crap.I ignore and block, they are antivax idiots of the NATO bootlickers camp.
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I was waiting for such stories to pop up in western media.
The ones who sold us Iraq WMDs. Libyan massacre in Ben Ghazia and Syrian gas attacks are now telling the world that it was Russia who started using them first!Trust them. They're telling the truth this time.
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The #WarOnRussia through Ukraine continues to escalate, now with the announcement that the US will be supplying #depletedUranium to eastern #Europe.
https://www.rt.com/news/582495-pentagon-ukraine-uranium-responsibly/
Pentagon expects Ukraine to be "responsible" with the depleted #uranium, with a spokeswoman saying the controversial rounds are "standard use" in #USA tanks. The #UK and USA claim the depleted uranium is not #radioActive, despite evidence pointing to the contrary in the #middleEast where they have been used.
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US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/us-to-send-depleted-uranium-munitions-to-ukraine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #depleteduranium #IAEA #Russianinvasion #Ukrainecounteroffensive
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Lot of people claiming #DepletedUranium caused Gulf war syndrome at present because UK providing these weapons to #Ukraine. DU raises understandable public debate and concern. However should be noted that #GulfWarSyndrome was found to be caused by #Sarin https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2022/gulf-war-illness-has-baffled-scientists-until-now/
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Lot of people claiming #DepletedUranium caused Gulf war syndrome at present because UK providing these weapons to #Ukraine. DU raises understandable public debate and concern. However should be noted that #GulfWarSyndrome was found to be caused by #Sarin https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2022/gulf-war-illness-has-baffled-scientists-until-now/
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Lot of people claiming #DepletedUranium caused Gulf war syndrome at present because UK providing these weapons to #Ukraine. DU raises understandable public debate and concern. However should be noted that #GulfWarSyndrome was found to be caused by #Sarin https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2022/gulf-war-illness-has-baffled-scientists-until-now/
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Environmental Justice Atlas: Depleted Uranium, Iraq
Last update:
2017-11-17"In June 2011, the NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) published a report about the state of depleted uranium in Iraq stating that contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) is strongly suspected of causing a sharp rise in congenital birth defects and cancer cases in Iraq with many prominent doctors and scientists stating that DU contamination is also connected to the recent emergence of diseases that were not previously seen in Iraq, such as illnesses in the kidney, lungs, and liver, as well as a total collapse of the immune system"
"Environmental Impacts
- Visible: Air pollution
- Potential: Soil contamination, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Groundwater pollution or depletion, Genetic contamination"#BirthDefects #DepletedUranium #IraqWar #EndlessWar #Nuclear #NuclearWaste #Toxic #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalJustice
https://ejatlas.org/conflict/sadr-city-radioactive-waste-iraq
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After the Wars in #Iraq, ‘Everything Living is Dying’
Decades of war, poverty and fossil fuel extraction have devastated the country’s #environment and its people.
By Lynzy Billing, December 29, 2021
"As far back as 2005, the United Nations had estimated that Iraq was already littered with several thousand contaminated sites. Five years later, an investigation by The Times, a London-based newspaper, suggested that the U.S. military had generated some 11 million pounds of toxic waste and abandoned it in Iraq. Today, the country remains awash in hazardous materials, such as depleted #uranium and #dioxin, which have polluted the soil and water. And extractive #industries like the KAR oil refinery often operate with minimal transparency. On top of all of this, Iraq is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, which has already contributed to grinding water shortages and prolonged drought. In short, Iraq presents a uniquely #dystopian tableau—one where human activity contaminates virtually every ecosystem, and where terms like '#ecocide' have special currency.
"According to Iraqi physicians, the many overlapping environmental insults could account for the country’s high rates of cancer, birth defects, and other diseases. Preliminary research by local scientists supports these claims, but the country lacks the money and technology needed to investigate on its own. To get a better handle on the scale and severity of the contamination, as well as any health impacts, they say, international teams will need to assist in comprehensive investigations."
#BirthDefects #DepletedUranium #IraqWar #EndlessWar #Nuclear #NuclearWaste #Toxic #WaterPollution #WaterIsLife #FossilFuels #FossilFuelExtraction
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Birth Defects and the Toxic Legacy of War in Iraq
Kali Rubaii 09.22.2020
"Depleted uranium is one of the most widely discussed contaminants in relation to birth defects. The World Health Organization released a report in 2003 entitled 'Potential Impact of Conflict on Health in Iraq,' which suggested that depleted uranium might be related to reports of increased #cancers, birth defects, reproductive health problems and renal diseases in the Iraqi population since 2003.
US bases in Iraq used burn pits to incinerate everything from computers to tires in large open-air pits that burned day and night for years."International activists accused the US Department of Defense of negligence for using a weapon in Iraq that distributes toxic waste to where civilians live, grow food and draw water. Studies of American veterans hit by friendly fire with depleted uranium shrapnel have also demonstrated links between #uranium and perturbations in reproductive hormones, including #infertility."
https://merip.org/2020/09/birth-defects-and-the-toxic-legacy-of-war-in-iraq/
#BirthDefects #DepletedUranium #IraqWar #EndlessWar #Nuclear #NuclearWaste
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@luxpris @liaizon @zzz
Also make this person aware that unfettered #greenCapitalism will lead them down the worst path for #humanity, and that is #nuclearEnergy.#nuclear #nuclearPower #socialismForTheRich #tooBigTooExist #nuclearWaste #uranium #mining #dirtyBombs #geneticWarfare #CIA #paraMilitary #Fallujah #Iraq #usImperialism #radiation #cancer #depletedUranium #Fukushima #Chernobyl #turkishApricots #driedApricots #pollution
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Alternative Uses For Nuclear Waste - Nuclear power is great if you want to generate a lot of electricity without releasing lots of CO2 an... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/29/alternative-uses-for-nuclear-waste/ #fastbreederreactor #lightwaterreactor #depleteduranium #americium-241 #plutonium-238 #nuclearwaste #originalart #featured #interest #ethylene #science #nuclear #ethane #esa #rtg
