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Four U.S. Soldiers Tested Positive for Depleted Uranium

HeadlineApr 05, 2004

In other Iraq news, the New York Daily News reported Sunday in a major exposé that four soldiers of the New York National Guard tested positive for depleted uranium contamination after returning home from Iraq.

They are the first confirmed cases of inhaled depleted uranium exposure from the current Iraq conflict.

Army officials at Fort Dix and Walter Reed Army Medical Center are now rushing to test all returning members of the 442nd. We’ll be talking to three of the soldiers in a few minutes.

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