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Radioactivity Detected in Bosnia Where NATO Used Depleted Uranium Shells
VOA News
11 Nov 2002, 20:40 UTC
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID.04BFCA-5B02-4AB4-AB6D812B566B5214
United Nations environmental experts have said they have detected
radioactivity in three areas of Bosnia where NATO forces used depleted
uranium shells during an air strike in 1995.
U.N. Environment Program officials Monday warned against deploying forces
in those areas for fear of a possible health risk coming from the
radioactive material.
The head of the U.N. team, Pekka Haavisto, said the three places of concern
were an ammunition storage site near Sarajevo, a nearby tank repair factory
and a military barracks in Han Pijesak in eastern Bosnia.
The areas were hit by NATO air strikes using depleted uranium
armor-piercing rounds in 1995 as part of an effort to curb attacks by Serbs
in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Investigators had probed 14 sites over the past month.
NATO authorities last year launched a probe into the possible link between
the use of depleted uranium ammunition in the Balkans and increased cancer
rates among peacekeepers who had served in the area. But a committee
reported that medical research so far had not proved any link between the
weapons and the health problems.
Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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