Speakers described a country poisoned for decades by the U.S. military — from
depleted uranium used in the 1991 Gulf War and recent
Iraq War, the chemical weapon
white phosphorous used
in the 2004 U.S. attack on Fallujah, and burn pits — which are run by
the U.S. military and private contractors and burn munitions, chemicals,
rubbers, plastics, and a host of other substances often within close
proximity of Iraqi civilians. This toxic legacy in
Iraq was repeatedly compared to the U.S. nuclear legacy in Japan and Agent Orange attacks in Vietnam.
Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an environmental toxicologist, testified that U.S. burn pits in
Iraq
are exposing the Iraqi public to a litany of dangerous compounds,
including lead and mercury. Research teams sent to Iraqi hospitals in
Basra and Falluja found abnormally high rates of cancers, birth defects,
and heart defects, she stated.
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