Operation Truth‘s “Vet of the Week” is Specialist Gerard Darren Matthew, who “served in Operation Iraqi Freedom from April to September 2003 as a part of 719th Transportation Co. It was during his deployment to Iraq that he believes he was exposed to depleted uranium.”
Not only has Spc. Matthew suffered chronic and debilitating illness since that time but his daughter has been born with serious birth defects.
You can read his story here.
Here you can read about Traprock Peace Center‘s efforts to block the renewal of DOT-E 9649, “which permits the Department of Defense to ship DU munitions without a “radioactive” placard. First responders to an explosive accident involving DU shipments on rails and roads could be unknowingly at risk of inhaling radioactive smoke, as well as any who breathed the exploded or burned DU particles.”