A similar situation exists in Serbia. Since the 1999 bombings by NATO, the International Criminal Tribunal has dismissed the case. They didn't rule out the "hot spots" where the fertilizer factories and oil refineries were bombed (according to them, they were legitimate military targets). But they "can't" prove the increase in birth defects and incidents of cancer were caused by depleted uranium.
A similar situation exists in Serbia. Since the 1999 bombings by NATO, the International Criminal Tribunal has dismissed the case. They didn't rule out the "hot spots" where the fertilizer factories and oil refineries were bombed (according to them, they were legitimate military targets). But they "can't" prove the increase in birth defects and incidents of cancer were caused by depleted uranium.
"Afghans say the U.S. military polluted their land, poisoned their water, and sickened their children. " - Undark 2023
"Governments are learning that their armed forces are responsible for up to 6 percent of global emissions, with no requirement to report it." - PBS 2022
"Over 300,000 U.S. veterans and over 400,000 Vietnamese people died from exposure to Agent Orange from 1962 to 1971." - Cleveland Clinic
"From 1964-1978, 2,189 steel drums of radioactive waste, including clothing, tools and other materials contaminated from radioactive nuclear refueling of nuclear submarines at Pearl Harbor, were dumped 55 miles off Oahu. During this period, 4,843,000 gallons of low-level radioactive waste liquid was discharged into Pearl Harbor." - Honolulu Civil Beat
A similar situation exists in Serbia. Since the 1999 bombings by NATO, the International Criminal Tribunal has dismissed the case. They didn't rule out the "hot spots" where the fertilizer factories and oil refineries were bombed (according to them, they were legitimate military targets). But they "can't" prove the increase in birth defects and incidents of cancer were caused by depleted uranium.
And iraq
"Afghans say the U.S. military polluted their land, poisoned their water, and sickened their children. " - Undark 2023
"Governments are learning that their armed forces are responsible for up to 6 percent of global emissions, with no requirement to report it." - PBS 2022
"Over 300,000 U.S. veterans and over 400,000 Vietnamese people died from exposure to Agent Orange from 1962 to 1971." - Cleveland Clinic
"From 1964-1978, 2,189 steel drums of radioactive waste, including clothing, tools and other materials contaminated from radioactive nuclear refueling of nuclear submarines at Pearl Harbor, were dumped 55 miles off Oahu. During this period, 4,843,000 gallons of low-level radioactive waste liquid was discharged into Pearl Harbor." - Honolulu Civil Beat
etc.