D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ

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D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ

• BY Dr. JAWAD AL-ALI, M.R.C.P.(U.K.).
• CANCER TREATMENT CENTER, BASRAH

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INTRODUCTION

• D.U. WEAPONS WERE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
  HISTORY AGAINST IRAQI ARMY AND CIVILIANS DURING
  THE PERIOD FROM 17/Jan./1991- 28/FEB./1991.
• 500-800 TONS WERE DELIVERED AND AT LEAST 300TONS
  DELIVERED AT THE WEST OF BASRAH.
• THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT RISK OF GETTING D.U.
  DISEASES ABOUT 45 OF THOSE WHO WERE RESIDENT IN
  THE AREA AT THAT TIME.
• NO AREA IN IRAQ IS EXCLUDED FROM THE EFFECTS OF
  D.U.

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D.U. AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ.

• INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF CANCERS FEW YEARS
  AFTER THE 1991 AGGRESSION.
• INCREASE IN FOETAL MALFORMATIONS AND ABORTIONS.
• APPEARANCE OF MYOPATHIES, NEUROPATHIES AND RENAL
  FAILUER OF UNKNOWN CAUSES.

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PATTERN OF CANCERS AFTER 1991

• YOUNG AGED ARE AFFECTED BY CANCERS OF ELDERLY
  PEOPLE.
• TYPES OF TUMOURS ARE RELATED TO INCUBATION
  PERIODS WHICH MADE RADIATION A POSSIBLE CAUSE.
• FAMILIAL CANCER CLUSTERING IS SEEN AFTER 1991
  AGGRESSION.
• THE TUMOURS ARE UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED IN BASRAH.

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INCIDENCE OF CANCERS IN BASRAH.

• THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN 1988 ACCORDING TO
  LOCAL REGISTRY WAS 11/100000 OF POPULATION.
• IN 1998 THE INCIDENCE INCREASED TO 75/100000,
  WHILE IN 2001 THE INCIDENCE RAISED TO 116/100000.

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CANCER MORTALITY IN BASRAH
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rhabdomyosarcoma
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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Of the left thigh
after a shell injury from an exploded depleted
uranium messile
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Osteogenic sarcoma
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N.H.L.
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