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Introduction | News | Information | Resources | Affiliate | Action | Links | Contact UNEP Confirms Balkan Hotspots The UNEP report into DU contamination in Bosnia has been published. It
confirms that DU is present in three of the sites investigated, over eight
years after the NATO bombings there. The sites may be only a small amount
of the 'hotspots' in need of decontamination. For the first time it was
found that DU had leached into groundwater. The report recommends decontamination
of the sites and stressed that NATO coordinates of six other DU-attack
sites in the vicinity of Sarajevo were "still missing" and "should
be reported to the authorities without delay." The report advocates
long-term, annual testing of local drinking water. Klaus Toepfer, executive
director of UNEP said, "These findings must not be seen as a cause
for alarm."
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