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Overstating the case: an analysis of the utility of depleted uranium in kinetic energy penetrators
A discussion paper analysing claims by the users of depleted uranium munitions that their military effectiveness overules considerations of their health and environmental impact under international law. -
Vacancy: Paid Internship
ICBUW is seeking an energetic and committed intern to help support two strands of our research and advocacy work for six months. -
Swedish campaigners focus on new UN resolution on depleted uranium
Campaigners and parliamentarians in Sweden will be urging their government to move from an abstention on this October’s UN First Committee vote. -
Toxic Remnants of War Project Launched
A research project seeking to assess the health and environmental impact of toxic substances released during military activities has been launched by the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) and IKV Pax Christi. -
Iraq congenital birth defect survey to begin in April
The World Health Organisation and the Iraqi Ministry of Health are set to begin work on a pilot assessment of congenital birth defects in six Iraqi governorates.
CADU News 15 - Summer 2003
New Organisation: World Committee on Radiation Risk (WCRR)
Organisation aims to counteract underestimation of dangers of low-level radiation.31 July 2003US Government to Pay to Study Clean Up of Nuclear Mess
Environmental Protection Agency will lead decontamination of Nuclear Metals site in Concord, Mass.31 July 2003Conference in New York on the Health Effects of DU
Held by Nuclear Policy Research Institute31 July 2003Gulf War Illness an 'Official Myth'
Medical research council dismisses possibility that there is a single 'Gulf War Syndrome'31 July 2003Iraqi Scientists Visit Japan
Jawad Al Ali and Janan Ghalib Hassan speak of the rise in cancers and birth defects31 July 2003Birth Deformities in Gulf War Vet's Kids
Researchers find that three types of birth defects are more common in the children of veterans31 July 2003Levels of Radioactivity in Iraq
Dangerously high levels of radioactivity found at several sites in Iraq by a writer from Christian Science Monitor, who photographed and recorded the levels.31 July 2003Secrecy and Lies
US government refuses to admit how much DU has been used by US forces, and where. Dutch government accused of misleading parliament over their claims that their sphere of operations had no significant fighting.31 July 2003
