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Serbs Aware of UK's 'Gift' for Ukraine: NATO Poisoned Serbia's Soil for Billions of Years to Come
Serbs Aware of UK's 'Gift' for Ukraine: NATO Poisoned Serbia's Soil for Billions of Years to Come
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The radioactive substance that contaminated Serbian soil during NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 is still killing people, Dr. Zorka Vukmirovic, former scientific advisor at the Institute of Physics in Belgrade, told Sputnik, commenting on London's plans to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium shells.
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As one of the most glaring examples of the terrible consequences, she pointed to the depleted uranium bombing of a telecommunications station near Vranje in Serbia’s south in the spring of 1999 and the repercussions for the workers who had cleaned up the area around the destroyed facility. Seven of them have already died of cancer, and the eighth is suffering from cancer as well.According to Dr. Vukmirovic, it is crucial to find places where pollution is still present because that is where people live, grow food and use water.Vukmirovic points out that it is essential to clean up contaminated soil and properly dispose of waste throughout Serbia so that everyone can have healthy children.No Accurate Data on IllnessesSputnik's source regrets that the exact number of people who came down with cancer as a result of the attacks with depleted uranium shells is unknown. No one has systematically collected such data.According to the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, by 2014, 35,319 people nationwide were sick with cancer and 20,806 people had died. That's more than 5,000 cases per million people, 2.8 times the global average. In 2016, 22,004 people died, 60.8% more than in 1991. With an annual mortality increase of 2.8%, Serbia has become the world's leader in cancer deaths. In the US, for example, which has left the Serbs with tons of depleted uranium, these rates have been falling. During that time, the incidence rate there dropped by 0.6% and the mortality rate by 1.6%.
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Serbs Aware of UK's 'Gift' for Ukraine: NATO Poisoned Serbia's Soil for Billions of Years to Come
13:01 GMT 23.03.2023 (Updated: 13:42 GMT 23.03.2023) The radioactive substance that contaminated Serbian soil during NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 is still killing people, Dr. Zorka Vukmirovic, former scientific advisor at the Institute of Physics in Belgrade, told Sputnik, commenting on London's plans to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium shells.
As one of the most glaring examples of the terrible consequences, she pointed to the depleted uranium bombing of a telecommunications station near Vranje in Serbia’s south in the spring of 1999 and the repercussions for the workers who had cleaned up the area around the destroyed facility. Seven of them have already
died of cancer, and the eighth is suffering from cancer as well.
"It is a well-known fact that NATO has admitted to having dropped 10 tons of depleted uranium ammunition on the territory of Serbia. It was important to show where these munitions were used. A map was made in consultation with our army, which concluded that it was 15 tons of depleted uranium. The map was supplemented with some locations, and the map turned out to be far larger than NATO was trying to present," Vukmirovic specified.
According to Dr. Vukmirovic, it is crucial to find places where pollution is still present because that is where people live, grow food and use water.
"The worst consequence is that all the dumped uranium, which gets into the groundwater with the rain, can endanger drinking water. Most of the known sites are along the border with Albania, and most of these sites belong to the Drin River. So it flows into the Adriatic Sea," the expert said.
Vukmirovic points out that it is essential to clean up contaminated soil and properly dispose of waste throughout Serbia so that everyone can have healthy children.
"If this is not done, there is a great danger. Otherwise, the soil will remain contaminated for billions of years. Another problem is the solubility of uranium in contact with water. Rain dissolves this waste and sends it deeper into the groundwater, which is the source of drinking water," she noted.
No Accurate Data on Illnesses
Sputnik's source regrets that the exact number of people who
came down with cancer as a result of the attacks with depleted uranium shells is unknown. No one has systematically collected such data.
According to the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, by 2014, 35,319 people nationwide were sick with cancer and 20,806 people had died. That's more than 5,000 cases per million people, 2.8 times the global average.
In 2016, 22,004 people died, 60.8% more than in 1991.
With an annual mortality increase of 2.8%, Serbia has become the world's leader in cancer deaths. In the US, for example, which has left the Serbs with tons of depleted uranium, these rates have been falling. During that time, the incidence rate there dropped by 0.6% and the mortality rate by 1.6%.
