Cause and Reasons of War
1) Weapon of mass destruction
2) Supporting the terrorism
3) Democracy in Iraq
Unrevealed Truth
1) Military industry
2) Advantage for U.S. Company
3) To Test New Weapons
4) Justify the defense budget.
Ravages of war (casualties)
1) Civilian casualties
2) Survivors suffer
3) Veterans
4) Environmental Issues
Conclusion
References
Last concern is depleted uranium (DU) projectiles. Depleted uranium is very dense and is used in projectiles designed to pierce armour, reinforced bunkers and other similar targets. Depleted uranium projectiles create fragments and dust, which release uranium oxide into the air. Estimates of the amount of depleted uranium used by allied forces in the first Gulf War range from 290 tonnes to 800 tonnes.
Decontamination requires removal of contaminated soil and treatment as radioactive waste. Thousands of hectares of Iraqi land could be contaminated. Decontaminating just 200 hectares at a US Army proving ground cost $4-5bn.
According to a 'threat paper' on Kuwait produced in secret by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and subsequently leaked, 50 tonnes of DU inhaled could cause up to half a million additional cancer deaths over several decades, a calculation based on International Committee on Radiological Protection risk factors. Internal DU exposure is acknowledged to cause kidney damage, cancers of the lung and bone, respiratory disease, neurocognitive disorders, chromosomal damage and birth defects.
Despite of above, environmental problem has low priority than other problem. But, environment is shared resource in the world. So, we have to try to solve these environmental problems.
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[이라크戰] BBC, 걸프지역환경재앙우려, 연합뉴스, 2003/11
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Air pollution from Baghdad fires poses risks for human health and the environment, says UNEP, UNEP News Release , 2003
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The impacts of War, UNEP, 2003

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