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DESCRIPTION:Silent Genocide: America's Use of Radioactive Weaponry in the Age of 
 Terror\n- A Crime Against the Planet -\n\nCoalition forces have dropped 
 thousands of tons of radioactive weaponry in Afghanistan and Iraq in 
 willful disregard for the health of the inhabitants of those countries, and 
 for the health of their own troops. Evidence has been found not only of 
 depleted uranium (Uranium 238), but also nondepleted uranium (Uranium 235), 
 and plutonium. Exposure to these highly radioactive isotopes results in 
 chronic and fatal illnesses, long-term disabilities, and genetic birth 
 defects.\n\nYou are invited to hear new information and discussion from a 
 panel of scientists, health professionals, and activists on radiological 
 poisoning and its long-term health consequences on the people and 
 environment of Afghanistan and Iraq. Public input is welcome in a forum 
 after the panel.\n\nPANELISTS: Dr. Khalil Rahmany, clinical psychologist 
 and adjunct professor of psychology at Chabot College, and founding 
 president of the Afghan Psychological Association of America, will address 
 the trauma of war and the ongoing suffering of the Afghan people. Patricia 
 Axelrod, weapons specialist with a ten-year history of writing and 
 research, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant, and advocate for U.S. 
 veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome, will speak about the long-term 
 health effects of radiological poisoning. Leuren Moret, an independent 
 scientist and activist who works with communities around the world on 
 radiation and public health issues, will report on the World Uranium 
 Weapons Conference held in October in Hamburg, Germany. David Seaborg, 
 evolutionary biologist who does scientific research on evolutionary theory, 
 will discuss the consequences of nuclear weapons and possible 
 solutions.\n\nWHEN: Thursday, December 4, 2003 at 7 p.m.\n\nWHERE: Berkeley 
 Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (1924 Cedar Street at 
 Bonita)\n\nCONTACT: Ingrid Kepler-May (510) 526-2900 or Diana Colvin (510) 
 232-3463 for more information.\n\nSuggested donation of $5 (none turned 
 away for lack of funds). Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by BFUU Social 
 Justice Committee.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/27683.php
SUMMARY:Silent GENOCIDE: Radioactive Weaponry
LOCATION:Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (1924 Cedar Street at 
 Bonita)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/27683.php
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