Veterans skeptical of pledge to examine uranium exposure

Veterans advocates are skeptical of a federal government undertake to study the effects of exposure to depleted uranium after years of ignore their pleas to recognize the issue louise Richard, a long-time detractor who says she suffers from Gulf War illness, says Veterans Affairs has persistently refused to acknowledge the health hazards and doesn't even track supposed exposures.

An ex-soldier, Pascal Lacoste, defunct a desire strike Tuesday in Levis, Que, after the veterans minister and local MP, Steven Blaney, pledge to launch a analysis in the next 30 days the minister said academic medical researchers and soldiers will make up the panel.

Richard, who has researched uranium exposure, needs to be on the group and says she finds it criminal that a veteran had to resort to a hunger strike to get attention lacoste and other veterans fault complaint like chronic pain and neurological disorders on depleted-uranium poisoning they say they contracted for the duration of the 1990-91 Gulf War and on missions in Bosnia.

Tribal Forum Views Film That Fights Uranium Contamination of Navajo Land

An award-winning documentary, "The Return of Navajo Boy," a Navajo family history involving houses complete out of uranium and a long lost boy, be a featured presentation Tuesday on the Tribal Lands and Environment Forum in Green Bay.

Made in 2000, the film and public engagement campaign are credited through triggering a federal investigation into uranium poisoning, pressuring changes in federal legislation, and following a decade of persistence, inspiring the U.S. EPA to clean up uranium contamination on the home of Navajo grandmother and activist Elsie Begay.

"While everyone is talking concerning Japan's radiation crisis, the Navajo Nation is struggling to secure a federal cleanup of Cold War uranium contamination," said filmmaker Jeff Spitz, "Navajos are dying of cancer at tall rates, and we're working through new media tools to fight for environmental justice."