MN bill for test of Depleted Uranium goes National

[annm4peace]

I hope all states can adopt this type of bill.. you can call your State Legislatures to find out.

News of MN bill has gone national

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042007B.shtml

I couldn't believe it when I pulled up Truthout.org tonight.

The video is very good and I hope many see it..

Please note the article below from the Daytona Beach News Journal... it mentions MN Senate approve a bill providing testing for the Veteran National Guardspersons. It should get lots of national attention by those in other states..

We just have to see if MN Gov. Pawlenty will veto it... If he does it will show how much he really supports the troops. (he'll rather give them steak dinners)
Maybe we could ask Norm Coleman if he was Governor would he sign a bill to fund a complete test for returning troops for Depleted Uranium.

I hope you can mention this video and recent article to others and let your State Congresspersons know about it. The more attention the MN bill can get,,, the more likely it will be fully passed.

[w4rma]

1. Woah! Awesome! This will help save lives. (nt)

[babylonsister]

2. From your link:

Have you posted this anywhere else, or has anyone? I hope so...:(



Soldier Health Scare Back in News
By Audrey Parente
Daytona Beach News Journal

Sunday 15 April 2007

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 was 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.

Health and environmental effects of depleted uranium are at the heart of scientific studies, a lawsuit in the New York courts and legislative bills in more than a dozen states (although not in Florida).

News stories claiming negative signs of depleted uranium's impact, including death and birth defects, are surfacing from Australia to England to the Far East. The controversy rages within government bodies and underlies the theme of TV shows like a recent episode of the medical series "House."

While the military continues to deny the connection of depleted uranium to sicknesses plaguing returning servicemen and women, a newly mandated study stemming from legislation signed by President Bush in October is just getting under way.

[annm4peace]

3. forward to friends, groups, family far and wide

emailed local radio station 950am.. will try to email news adn radio stations but they usually don't respond to this type of stuff.. they would rather report on steak dinner for the troops and how great things are going in Iraq and Afganistan

[babylonsister]

4. Everyone needs to see this! nt