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Mosby

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12. This research data says the opposite.
Mon Apr 3, 2023, 01:27 PM
Apr 2023
Cancer Trends in Iraq 2000–2016


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.

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Was this due to depleted uranium use in warheads? OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2023 #1
Nuclear war in Iraq cbabe Apr 2023 #2
The Guardian article was remiss in not mentioning the speculative cause of radiation exposure Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #5
Uranium is a toxic heavy metal like lead or mercury. hunter Apr 2023 #10
Did I suggest that polluting the environment should be "excused?" Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #30
You did suggest it was "the radiation..." hunter Apr 2023 #38
Read: " The horrors of depleted uranium usage in Ira 2006 expose OhNo-Really Apr 2023 #18
It wasn't so the bombs that were dropped, but the other munitions Victor_c3 Apr 2023 #3
It would be useful to have a reference. NNadir Apr 2023 #4
Reference: cbabe Apr 2023 #8
I'm looking for the scientific reference, not something from a journalist. NNadir Apr 2023 #11
Here's the 2010 article they refer to, with info about the survey(s) it's based on: sl8 Apr 2023 #14
Lots of links - DU suspected culprit for Gulf War Syndrome as well OhNo-Really Apr 2023 #27
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
Thanks. I'll call the paper up. NNadir Apr 2023 #29
Also, for 40 yrs Navajo men, women & children worked in NM uranium mines womanofthehills Apr 2023 #33
Research the person quoted for primary source. cbabe Apr 2023 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 2023 #16
I'm looking for the scientific reference, not something from a journalist. NNadir Apr 2023 #13
Another study Celerity Apr 2023 #22
Lots of inks in this 2006 article: The horrors of depleted uranium usage in Iraq OhNo-Really Apr 2023 #21
If one wants to get a handle on grotesquely bad interpretation of... NNadir Apr 2023 #32
Actually the article has many links to many reputable sources. OhNo-Really Apr 2023 #51
Really? I spend almost every day of my life working on molecular biology projects involving... NNadir Apr 2023 #53
Looks like we brought the WMDs with us. Sneederbunk Apr 2023 #6
Just one more reason Bush should be behind bars bif Apr 2023 #7
I'll never ever forget hibbing Apr 2023 #37
The irony of using WMD to justify our invasion/war against the Iraqi people. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2023 #46
The siege of Falluja was a major war crime. Collective punishment because Gaugamela Apr 2023 #9
This research data says the opposite. Mosby Apr 2023 #12
Just another reason he should be tried for War Crimes against Humanity. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2023 #17
Same with the Navajo- US needs to do more to clean up uranium tailings womanofthehills Apr 2023 #35
Depleted uranium will be the Agent Orange of this generation the served in a war zone. usaf-vet Apr 2023 #19
i just kinda scrolled, barbtries Apr 2023 #20
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
Still only reading Judith Miller? erronis Apr 2023 #31
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
Curious - US was buying 14% of it's uranium from Russia womanofthehills Apr 2023 #40
Why don't you let us know your research since you seem so focused on this. erronis Apr 2023 #41
But Dick Cheney made a billion dollars Botany Apr 2023 #24
I don't know +/-, but a solid link to that information would be appreciated. erronis Apr 2023 #42
Dick Cheney's portfolio had a 3,900 % up tick after we ... Botany Apr 2023 #43
And remember, Dick, when CEO at Halliburton, was selling services to Saddam, using shell companiies. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2023 #47
How do we address this now in a bipartisan way? SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2023 #26
Good question. Ask anti war vets, red crescent, Red Cross, who, Doctors Without Borders... cbabe Apr 2023 #28
if we want to ever again claim moral authority... SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2023 #34
One word malaise Apr 2023 #44
Agree. Genocide seems a common theme among the RW groups erronis Apr 2023 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Apr 2023 #45
leukemia has multiple causes dembotoz Apr 2023 #49
Not much depleted uranium was used in the Fallujah siege though NickB79 Apr 2023 #54
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