RESOLUTION AT THE UNITED NATIONS: USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM IS ILLEGAL

Controversies about where DU has been used and effects on human health, divert attention away from DU’s ‘incompatibility’ with human rights law

I first heard about depleted uranium (DU) weaponry when it was linked to Gulf War Syndrome illnesses US soldiers experienced after Gulf War 1.[i]

It was a shock to find out that radioactive material was being used by the United States on the battlefield. DU weaponry  is  a by-product of nuclear bomb making.  It has 60% radioactivity of natural uranium, i…