D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH

OF IRAQ

BY Dr. JAWAD AL-ALI, M.R.C.P.(U.K.).

CANCER TREATMENT CENTER, BASRAH

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

• D.U.D.U. WEAPONS WERE USED FOR WEAPONS WERE USED FOR THE FIRST THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY AGAINST IRAQI ARMY TIME IN THE HISTORY AGAINST IRAQI ARMY AND CIVILIANS DURING THE PERIOD FROM AND CIVILIANS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 17/Jan./1991-17/Jan./1991- 28/FEB./1991.28/FEB./1991.

• 500-800500-800 TONS WERE DELIVERED AND AT LEAST TONS WERE DELIVERED AND AT LEAST 300300TONS DELIVERED AT THE WEST OF BASRAH.TONS DELIVERED AT THE WEST OF BASRAH.

• THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT RISK OF THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT RISK OF GETTING GETTING D.UD.U. DISEASES ABOUT . DISEASES ABOUT 45%45% OF THOSE OF THOSE WHO WERE RESIDENT IN THE AREA AT THAT WHO WERE RESIDENT IN THE AREA AT THAT TIME.TIME.

• NO AREA IN IRAQ IS EXCLUDED FROM THE NO AREA IN IRAQ IS EXCLUDED FROM THE

EFFECTS OF EFFECTS OF D.UD.U..

D.U. AND HUMAN HEALTH IN D.U. AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ.THE SOUTH OF IRAQ.

• INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF CANCERS FEW YEARS AFTER THE CANCERS FEW YEARS AFTER THE 1991 AGGRESSION.1991 AGGRESSION.

• INCREASE IN FOETAL INCREASE IN FOETAL MALFORMATIONS AND ABORTIONS.MALFORMATIONS AND ABORTIONS.

• APPEARANCE OF MYOPATHIES, APPEARANCE OF MYOPATHIES, NEUROPATHIES AND RENAL NEUROPATHIES AND RENAL FAILUER OF UNKNOWN CAUSESFAILUER OF UNKNOWN CAUSES..

PATTERN OF CANCERS PATTERN OF CANCERS AFTER 1991AFTER 1991

• YOUNG AGED ARE AFFECTED BY YOUNG AGED ARE AFFECTED BY CANCERS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE.CANCERS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE.

• TYPES OF TUMOURS ARE RELATED TO TYPES OF TUMOURS ARE RELATED TO INCUBATION PERIODS WHICH MADE INCUBATION PERIODS WHICH MADE RADIATION A POSSIBLE CAUSE.RADIATION A POSSIBLE CAUSE.

• FAMILIAL CANCER CLUSTERING IS FAMILIAL CANCER CLUSTERING IS SEEN AFTER 1991 AGGRESSION.SEEN AFTER 1991 AGGRESSION.

• THE TUMOURS ARE UNIFORMLY THE TUMOURS ARE UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED IN BASRAH.DISTRIBUTED IN BASRAH.

INCIDENCE OF CANCERS INCIDENCE OF CANCERS IN BASRAHIN BASRAH..

• THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN 1988 ACCORDING TO LOCAL REGISTRY WAS 11/100000 OF POPULATION.

• IN 1998 THE INCIDENCE INCREASED TO 75/100000, WHILE IN 2001 THE INCIDENCE RAISED TO 116/100000.

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