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Thurs., June 28 Poison DUst film screening

7:30pm at Charlotte Energy Solutions, 337 Baldwin Ave , Charlotte, NC 28204

During the current Iraq War the U.S. use of radioactive DU weapons increased from 375 tons used in 1991 to 2200 tons. Geiger counter readings at sites in downtown Baghdad record radiation levels 1,000 and 2,000 times higher than background radiation. The Pentagon has bombed, occupied, tortured and contaminated Iraq. Millions of Iraqis are affected. Over one million U.S. soldiers have rotated into Iraq. Today, half of the 697,000 U.S. Gulf War troops from the 1991 war have reported serious medical problems and a significant increase in birth defects among their newborn children.

The effects on the Iraqi population are far greater. Many other countries and U.S. communities near DU weapons plants, testing facilities, bases and arsenals have also been exposed to this radioactive material which has a half-life of 4.4 billions years.

Info on this screening: Action Center For Justice www.CharlotteAction.org or 704.492.8527.

More info Poison DUst: http://www.iacenter.org/poison-dust.htm

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