Reply #4: and there's no way to clean it up either [View All]

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That gets me too, for all this, what I understand is that there just isn't any way to clean it up. The particles are too small, and in an arid climate, it's in the air. In particles small enough to pass through any gas mask.

Against our soldiers, against all neighboring countries, and after a period of time (which no one actually knows) against the entire world, because up in the jet stream, it won't stay in the Middle East at all. It's against life, all life. Not just human life, not just human chromosomal permanent damage.

My question now, and it sounds silly even to me, is how much should we, perhaps, focus on reducing exposure to materials (and people?) coming back from that area. Laundries on military bases? Entire military bases? It sounds not only extreme, and even cold hearted. But is it inaccurate to believe we should take those measures? I really wonder.

How could I POSSIBLY look a soldier in the face, one who was exposed to du (depleted uranium), and say anything like that? Like, hey, the laundries, where all the uniforms are washed just might be a fine source of du? And the vehicles. And their equipment, books and papers and...everything. How can that discussion even take place? "Hey guys, love how hard you fought for us, but hey, could you step outside so you don't contaminate us?" God, in some ways, I'd rather take the contamination than do that, go down that road, tell someone something like that, one of my own...but is it unreasonable? What about my kids?

This is just too awful for me to think about without getting a little wigged out and a lot ranty, because it's so sad, and probably too late. Thanks for commenting