BC Southern Interior MP re-introduces his motion on abolishing depleted uranium arms
OTTAWA – NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) – re-introduced his motion from the 39th parliament on Thursday, calling once again for the government to take a leading role in helping to abolish the use of depleted uranium (DU) in armaments and munitions. [...]
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NDP MP Renews Stand Against Unethical Weapons
Monday, March 30th, 2009Toxic Souvenirs - Depleted Uranium (column)
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008The following are excerpts from an article written by Dinyar Godrej and published in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Monitor.
If we listen to the official lines that depleted uranium (DU) is not harmful or to the conspiracists who say that it is a genocidal weapon, we end up somewhere in the middle with no [...]