Bush's puppet Afghan govt: Increase in malformed babies due to malnutrition not depleted uranium [View All]

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Don

http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINHKG28019720080420

Afghan ministry denies evidence of depleted uranium
Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:44pm IST

KABUL, April 20 (Reuters) - The Afghan Public Health Ministry denied on Sunday a media report that there was evidence of nuclear contamination in the Tora Bora mountains of eastern Afghanistan. snip

"We have decided to do a study to see what is going on. We will take samples of soil, rocks, water in different areas where the war had taken place in the past and look in the same area to see if there is an excess of malformed babies," Kakar said.

"It's then that we can tell you what is going on. But until then it is still speculation," he said.

He also cautioned that Afghanistan suffered from major health problems that could have been the cause of any possible rise in the number of cases of malformation.

"In Afghanistan, we have so many problems with nutritional deficiency, like folic acid. So it's difficult to tell if it's due to depleted uranium or due to some nutritional problems or some other genetic issues," he said. (Reporting by Tan Ee Lyn; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)