Metal of Dishonor: How Depleted Uranium Penetrates Steel, Radiates People and Contaminates the Environment

The drastic health and environmental consequences of a new generation of radioactive weapons, Depleted Uranium (DU), currently being used in U.S.-waged wars are discussed in these essays. This "new kind of nuclear war" is examined alongside the effects on Vietnam and Gulf war veterans and the indigenous people on whose land these weapons are being tested. Among the issues covered are the collaborative military and media cover-up of DU, the government's denial of DU's toxic effects, uranium development on Native American land, nuclear testing on the Marshall Islands, and radioactive residue in the Middle East. Contributors include Ramsey Clark, Pat Broudy, and Helen Caldicott. Official government documents on DU and its effects and charts illustrating where DU is tested and stored in the United States are included for further examination.

John Catalinotto is a journalist, lecturer at City University of New York, and former organizer of the American Serviceman's Union in the late 1960s. Sara Flounders is a co-coordinator of the International Action Center (IAC). They are both organizers of the Depleted Uranium Education Project of the IAC.