109 Italian Soldiers Have Died Of Depleted Uranium Poisoning


	/ HOME / Depleted uranium / 109 Italian Soldiers Have Died Of Depleted Uranium (contribution)

109 Italian Soldiers Have Died Of Depleted Uranium Poisoning Document

Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
October 20, 2004

DEPLETED URANIUM: OBSERVATORY LAMENTS DENIAL

Rome - According to the Italian Military Health
Observatory a total of 109 Italian soldiers have died
thus far due to exposure to depleted uranium.

The observatory stressed the fact that 41 pct of
active personnel casualties relate to disease.

According to Domenico Leggiero at the Military Health
Observatory, "The total of 109 casualties exceeds the
total number of persons dying as a consequence of road
accidents. Anyone denying the significance of such
data is purely acting out of ill faith, and the truth
is that our soldiers are dying out there due to a lack
of adequate protection against depleted uranium".

Leggiero pointed out the fact that the Senate has to
date failed to establish a probe committee on this
matter: "it is proof of a worrying lack of oversight
on matters which are frankly dramatic".

Members of the Observatory have petitioned a urgent
hearing "in order to study effective prevention and
safeguard measures aimed at reducing the death-toll
amongst our serving soldiers".

http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200410191947-1213-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia