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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (150480)	11/2/2004 11:56:24 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 281500

Clean living I guess..... Or maybe its the posters I am responding to....

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (150480)	11/2/2004 1:00:14 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

YES!!! The IGNORE feature is back. This is telling: Profile for jlallen Ignored by 70 Threads Banned from 12 (edit: make that 71!)

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (150480)	5/26/2005 5:35:37 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Congressman Joins Fight To Help Soldiers Contaminated With Radiation In Iraq _________________________________ May 26th, 2005 4:17 pm NY1 Some veterans of the war in Iraq fear their exposure to radiation has endangered their health, and the health of their children. It's a story NY1’s Dean Meminger has reported on before, and he filed an update Monday. Eleven-month-old Victoria Claudette Matthew is a beautiful sight in pink. But if you look closely you'll see she has a serious problem. Victoria was born with only half of her right hand, which has two fingers fused together. “My little girl, she has problems creeping, she has problems holding her bottle, she has problems - who knows, down the road, is she going to be able to ride a bicycle?" says Iraq War veteran Gerard Matthew. Matthew says he believes his daughter was born with a deformed hand because he was exposed to depleted uranium while serving in Iraq two years ago. DU is a slightly radioactive heavy metal left over in the process of creating nuclear fuel. The military uses it in missiles and tanks to make them stronger. But when it's hit or explodes, soldiers can get wounded by radioactive shrapnel or breathe in radioactive particles. Nine local soldiers came forward a year ago saying private doctors confirmed they had high levels of DU, but the military has said the levels are safe, which angers the veterans because they are constantly sick. “We’ve got erectile dysfunction, we’ve got serious swelling in our face and our hands, some of us can’t even get up in the morning,” says Matthew. “My thyroid is enlarged, and I’ve lost 35 pounds in an average of two to three weeks,” says fellow Iraq War veteran Herbert Reed. Now Congressman Joseph Crowley is stepping up to help the soldiers. He is pushing for better testing methods for DU, along with health coverage for soldiers who have side effects. He had those provisions inserted in the massive defense authorization bill which is scheduled for a vote in the House of Representative this week. “I hope that it is not the next Agent Orange,” says Rep. Crowley. “But we must learn from our past mistakes, take them seriously, investigate it, and treat those affected by it." Meanwhile, Victoria Matthew's mom says she's very upset with the treatment her family is receiving. "DU can be transferred to your offspring,” says Janice Camacho. “Right now she’s too young to determine if she has DU in her system, but God forbid if she does, I think the Pentagon owes me and my family a lot of answers." The veterans say they want to force the military to test soldiers for DU before they go to war so that when they're tested after combat there can be a real comparison of the levels. michaelmoore.com