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| 「知られざるヒバクシャ」英語版 Discounted Casualties - The Human Cost of Depleted Uranium |
| 中国新聞で昨年、連載した「知られざるヒバクシャ〜劣化ウラン弾の実態」の英語版。一九九一年の湾岸戦争で米・英軍が、イラクで初めて使用した放射能兵器「劣化ウラン弾」による健康被害の実態をリポート。この連載で、田城明編集委員は日本ジャーナリスト会議賞の大賞を受賞した。 |
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Part I On the Wrong Side of a Superpower US Gulf War veterans watch their bodies deteriorate as the Veteran's Administration holds fast to its claim that DU munitions pose no threat to human health. Part II The Threat in our Backyards Evidence is mounting that radioactive uranium has contaminated air, soil, and water near the plants that produce DU munitions, harming the health of workers and nearby residents. Part III Contaminated Earth People living near facilities where DU weapons are test-fired or discarded face environmental contamination, mounting cancer rates, and an official "stone wall." Part IV Heavy Burden for an Ally British Gulf War veterans are also struggling for government recognition that they are suffering due to DU exposure. Part V The Scars of War Economic sanctions against Iraq pit physicians against overwhelming odds in their struggle with the post-war upsurge in cancers, stillbirths, and congenital deformities. Part VI Finishing the Story Contamination spreads from areas where DU penetrators leach toxic uranium with a half-life of 4.5 billion years into the ground.Grassroots groups are working steadfastly for a cleanup and a ban. |