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In reply to the discussion: Iraq war leukemia rates worse than after Hiroshima bombing [View all]Mosby
(19,235 posts)12. This research data says the opposite.
Cancer Trends in Iraq 20002016
The prevalence of some cancer risk factors (obesity, smoking, unhealthy diet, diabetes) has recently changed in Iraq with no sufficient preventive measures been implemented. Iraq has high incidence rates in breast, lung, and bladder cancers, besides a growing burden of many others.5
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Leukemia showed a non-significant increasing trend, started with a rate of 3.24/100 000 in 2000 and ended with a rate of 4.37 in 2016 with a peak of 5.9 in 2004, both genders were equally affected. Hodgkin disease also showed a non-significant increase (from 1.40 to 1.44/100 000), affecting both sexes equally, while non-Hodgkin lymphoma showed a significant increase in its rate from 2007 forward, affecting both genders equally [Figure 5]. Skin cancer showed a gradual decrease to 2008, followed by a gradual increase for both sexes.
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The trend of total cancers in Iraq revealed a clear up slope especially after 2008, and particularly in the middle region, which might be attributed to the fact that this region was the main target during the 2003 war and exposed to a huge amount of bombing. However, cancer rates in Iraq seem to be lower than the regional and global rates.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847549/
Chalabi has a degree in international security, no idea why anyone thinks she is competent when discussing research methodologies and statistics.
Note that my data comes from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM), not some British paper obsessed with the US.
The prevalence of some cancer risk factors (obesity, smoking, unhealthy diet, diabetes) has recently changed in Iraq with no sufficient preventive measures been implemented. Iraq has high incidence rates in breast, lung, and bladder cancers, besides a growing burden of many others.5
....
Leukemia showed a non-significant increasing trend, started with a rate of 3.24/100 000 in 2000 and ended with a rate of 4.37 in 2016 with a peak of 5.9 in 2004, both genders were equally affected. Hodgkin disease also showed a non-significant increase (from 1.40 to 1.44/100 000), affecting both sexes equally, while non-Hodgkin lymphoma showed a significant increase in its rate from 2007 forward, affecting both genders equally [Figure 5]. Skin cancer showed a gradual decrease to 2008, followed by a gradual increase for both sexes.
....
The trend of total cancers in Iraq revealed a clear up slope especially after 2008, and particularly in the middle region, which might be attributed to the fact that this region was the main target during the 2003 war and exposed to a huge amount of bombing. However, cancer rates in Iraq seem to be lower than the regional and global rates.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847549/
Chalabi has a degree in international security, no idea why anyone thinks she is competent when discussing research methodologies and statistics.
Note that my data comes from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM), not some British paper obsessed with the US.
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The Guardian article was remiss in not mentioning the speculative cause of radiation exposure
Just A Box Of Rain
Apr 2023
#5
Here's the 2010 article they refer to, with info about the survey(s) it's based on:
sl8
Apr 2023
#14
I would like to suggest, that rather than embracing the hooha on Daily Kos, one call up the...
NNadir
Apr 2023
#50
DailyKos is like Democratic Underground. People compose well-cited, in-depth articles.
OhNo-Really
Apr 2023
#52
Also, for 40 yrs Navajo men, women & children worked in NM uranium mines
womanofthehills
Apr 2023
#33
Lots of inks in this 2006 article: The horrors of depleted uranium usage in Iraq
OhNo-Really
Apr 2023
#21
Really? I spend almost every day of my life working on molecular biology projects involving...
NNadir
Apr 2023
#53
The irony of using WMD to justify our invasion/war against the Iraqi people.
OAITW r.2.0
Apr 2023
#46
Just another reason he should be tried for War Crimes against Humanity.
Ferrets are Cool
Apr 2023
#17
Depleted uranium will be the Agent Orange of this generation the served in a war zone.
usaf-vet
Apr 2023
#19
And the Iraqi's didn't use similar weapons? How about Saddam's drive for nuclear weapons?
machoneman
Apr 2023
#23
"And the Iraqi's didn't use similar weapons? How about Saddam's drive for nuclear weapons?"
Botany
Apr 2023
#25
You guys also might want to delve into who was being exploited & poisoned
womanofthehills
Apr 2023
#36
No disagreement at all. And it is continuing. I commented on the post about Iraq stockpiling uranium
erronis
Apr 2023
#39
And remember, Dick, when CEO at Halliburton, was selling services to Saddam, using shell companiies.
OAITW r.2.0
Apr 2023
#47