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Eu demands truth from nato over shells { January 5 2001 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010105/wl/health_balkans_dc_4.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010105/wl/health_balkans_dc_4.html EU Demands Truth From NATO Over Uranium Shells January 5, 2001 By Anna Baker LONDON (Reuters) - European Commission President Romano Prodi demanded to know the truth behind claims that depleted uranium used in NATO weapons had caused death or illness among Balkan peacekeepers. Several European nations including the current holders of the European Union presidency, Sweden, echoed Prodi's concerns, intensifying pressure on NATO to investigate the so-called "Balkan Syndrome." In Bosnia, the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) dismissed the claims, saying ammunition with depleted uranium used during the 1992-95 war there posed only a "negligible hazard." The syndrome came under the spotlight following reports that six Italian soldiers who served in the former Yugoslavia had developed leukemia and died after exposure to spent ammunition. France became the latest country Thursday to announce that it was conducting its own inquiry into the syndrome, after four of its Balkan veterans contracted leukemia. It noted that as yet no link to spent ammunition was apparent. Depleted uranium is used in the tips of missiles, shells and bullets to increase their ability to penetrate armor and can be pulverized on impact into a toxic radioactive dust, defense experts say.

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