北约说贫铀弹不会致癌
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2001年1月17日
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Analysis of health data from NATO (news - web sites)'s 19 member countries shows no sign that debris from depleted uranium munitions causes cancer and there is no identifiable ''Balkans syndrome,'' the chairman of NATO's top medical committee said on Tuesday.
After two weeks of mounting controversy, the Alliance said its chief medical officers had compared evidence and seen nothing that pointed to a serious health risk from depleted uranium munitions used in the Gulf War and the Balkans.
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The report was NATO's most organised response to date to a sudden health scare that erupted early in January and provoked some disarray in Alliance ranks as defence ministers struggled to calm what some called a wave of hysteria.
But it stressed that NATO soldiers would not face any unnecessary health risks during operations and more efforts would be made to determine what lay behind unexplained symptoms reported by some.NO LINK TO CANCER
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``We cannot identify any increase in disease or mortality in soldiers who have deployed to the Balkans as compared to those soldiers who have not deployed,'' General Roger Van Hoof said after a day-long meeting with his 18 counterparts on Monday.
``On the evidence available, a causal link cannot be identified between depleted uranium and the complaints or pathologies,'' Hoof told a news conference at NATO headquarters.
``Based on the available peer-reviewed medical scientific studies, from both governmental and independent sources, any danger related to depleted uranium exposure is known to be quantity-dependent, and so far there is no evidence of possible exposure beyond the safe levels,'' he added.
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``However, there are a number of military personnel reporting symptoms. While these symptoms are not linked to depleted uranium exposure, these should warrant further peer-reviewed scientific studies.''TIMELY, TRANSPARENT, MUTLINATIONAL STUDIES
The preliminary findings were to be presented to NATO's newly-created Ad Hoc Committee on Depleted Uranium, which was due to meet later on Tuesday.
Hoof said they would include recommendations for organised studies to determine if the health of Balkan peacekeepers was different from that of other soldiers.
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The NATO surgeon general had agreed on a common NATO medical policy for handling the situation, he said.
Each nation agreed to analyse the crude mortality rates of its military personnel, related to age, and calculate separately for those who deployed in the Balkans and those who had not.
NATO fired about 40,000 rounds of armour-piercing DU ammunition in the Balkans and Kosovo during military interventions in 1994-95 and 1999.
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It has recently identified a total of 112 sites in Kosovo and 19 sites in Bosnia where DU was used by United States A-10 Thunderbolt tank-busting planes.LISTEN TO TROOPS
NATO members also agreed to analyse the rates of malignancy among Balkans veterans and compare these with national statistics, as well as correlating death rates with known health hazards in the theatre of operations.
The medical committee further proposed that, in the future, and in view of today's increasingly common multinational deployments, NATO countries should work towards common policies and procedures for identifying and preventing health hazards.
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The senior medical officers said they recognise ``that it is imperative to listen to the health concerns of the military personnel'' and that these ``concerns and problems are best served by scientific, peer-reviewed analysis including independent studies''.
This should include a timely investigation of all reports of an increased incidence of symptoms., 百拇医药
After two weeks of mounting controversy, the Alliance said its chief medical officers had compared evidence and seen nothing that pointed to a serious health risk from depleted uranium munitions used in the Gulf War and the Balkans.
, http://www.100md.com
The report was NATO's most organised response to date to a sudden health scare that erupted early in January and provoked some disarray in Alliance ranks as defence ministers struggled to calm what some called a wave of hysteria.
But it stressed that NATO soldiers would not face any unnecessary health risks during operations and more efforts would be made to determine what lay behind unexplained symptoms reported by some.NO LINK TO CANCER
, 百拇医药
``We cannot identify any increase in disease or mortality in soldiers who have deployed to the Balkans as compared to those soldiers who have not deployed,'' General Roger Van Hoof said after a day-long meeting with his 18 counterparts on Monday.
``On the evidence available, a causal link cannot be identified between depleted uranium and the complaints or pathologies,'' Hoof told a news conference at NATO headquarters.
``Based on the available peer-reviewed medical scientific studies, from both governmental and independent sources, any danger related to depleted uranium exposure is known to be quantity-dependent, and so far there is no evidence of possible exposure beyond the safe levels,'' he added.
, 百拇医药
``However, there are a number of military personnel reporting symptoms. While these symptoms are not linked to depleted uranium exposure, these should warrant further peer-reviewed scientific studies.''TIMELY, TRANSPARENT, MUTLINATIONAL STUDIES
The preliminary findings were to be presented to NATO's newly-created Ad Hoc Committee on Depleted Uranium, which was due to meet later on Tuesday.
Hoof said they would include recommendations for organised studies to determine if the health of Balkan peacekeepers was different from that of other soldiers.
, 百拇医药
The NATO surgeon general had agreed on a common NATO medical policy for handling the situation, he said.
Each nation agreed to analyse the crude mortality rates of its military personnel, related to age, and calculate separately for those who deployed in the Balkans and those who had not.
NATO fired about 40,000 rounds of armour-piercing DU ammunition in the Balkans and Kosovo during military interventions in 1994-95 and 1999.
, http://www.100md.com
It has recently identified a total of 112 sites in Kosovo and 19 sites in Bosnia where DU was used by United States A-10 Thunderbolt tank-busting planes.LISTEN TO TROOPS
NATO members also agreed to analyse the rates of malignancy among Balkans veterans and compare these with national statistics, as well as correlating death rates with known health hazards in the theatre of operations.
The medical committee further proposed that, in the future, and in view of today's increasingly common multinational deployments, NATO countries should work towards common policies and procedures for identifying and preventing health hazards.
, http://www.100md.com
The senior medical officers said they recognise ``that it is imperative to listen to the health concerns of the military personnel'' and that these ``concerns and problems are best served by scientific, peer-reviewed analysis including independent studies''.
This should include a timely investigation of all reports of an increased incidence of symptoms., 百拇医药