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"After insisting throughout its air bombardment of Yugoslavia that its use of depleted uranium [DU] munitions against Serb forces posed no hazard to human health, Nato officers in Kosovo now admit that particles from their shells may have contaminated soil near targets in Yugoslavia and could cause 'inhalation' problems, especially for children," he wrote.
The government-owned plant unwittingly exposed the workers and the environment to small amounts of plutonium, and greatly underestimated the health risks posed by exposure to uranium.
North Manitoba nickel and Labrador iron were replacing depleted resources south of the border; huge oil strikes were made near Edmonton, Alberta, in 1947; a uranium reactor started up in Ontario in 1952; and hydro-electric plants mushroomed all across the country.
His business aides received word that a Sudanese military officer who had been a member of the previous government cabinet was offering to sell weapons-grade uranium.
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times lead with the radiation leak from an uncontrolled chain reaction at a uranium processing plant not far from Tokyo that hospitalized three workers, contaminated dozens more, and forced 300,000 nearby residents to stay indoors.