Troops 'face uranium danger' [March 28, 2005] The Australian:

The Australian: Troops 'face uranium danger' [March 28, 2005]: "March 28, 2005

AUSTRALIAN troops being sent to Iraq in May could be at risk of contracting cancer or conceiving deformed children, doctors said today.
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'United Nations statistics for southern Iraq where depleted uranium was used heavily in 1991 reveal a seven-fold increase in cancer rates between 1989 and 1994,' he said.

'Congenital deformities of types virtually never seen in other circumstances are occurring in newborns in Iraq in areas where depleted uranium is present.'"