Mother sees son die of uranium

[babylonsister]

http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=11488

Depleted Uranium - Poisoning U.S. Troops And The Planet

Lori Brim cradled her son in her arms for three months before he died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

Dustin Brim, a 22-year-old Army specialist had collapsed three years ago in Iraq from a very aggressive cancer that attacked his kidney, caused a mass to grow over his esophagus and collapsed a lung.

The problems she saw during her time at Walter Reed, including her son screaming in pain while doctors argued over medications, had nothing to do with mold and shabby conditions documented in recent news reports. What this mother saw was an unexplainable illness consuming her son.

And what she has learned since her son's death is that his is not an isolated case.

Lori Brim has joined other parents, hundreds of other sick soldiers, legislators, research scientists and environmental activists who say the cause of their problems results from exposure to depleted uranium, a radioactive metal used in the manufacture of U.S. tank armor and weapon casings.

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[livvy]

2. This is just so sad, yet infuriating at the same time.

That poor woman, watching this happen to her child, and being helpless to ease his suffering.
All so unnecessary. Nothing has been gained and so much has been lost by so many. Her story is one out of how many? And heaven forbid anyone should be held accountable. Deny, cover up, twist and spin...but the victims are real, and though they may pass, what happened to them will not go away.
We won't let it.

[Monkeyman]

3. The New Agent Orange

[knitter4democracy]

4. Kidney cancer sucks.

That damn stuff is causing kidney cancer? Goddamn those pigs who say it's all okay. My tumor wasn't cancer, but before we knew that, I did enough research on it to be more than a little scared. They can only treat it after it metastasizes--the only treatment is to cut it out. That's it.

Damn them.

[Bluerthanblue]

5. the deadly horrible DU- .... this should not be happening...

so many GulfWar I vets warned against this- even the cancer rates among the Iraqi citizens from DU-

oh geez....

War- the death that keeps on taking and destroying...

need to take a mental health break-

peace all
blu

[cassiepriam]

6. Don't forget the Iraqis who will die the same way, with no medical care at all.

And no mother to hold them since Iraqi physicans, and Moms and Dads have been murdered by Americans.