I was tested for that by a university. I spent 24 hours peeing into a tub that then went into a centrifuge to look for depleted uranium. This was because I was in the Gulf War and with UNPROFOR in Bosnia. Nothing found. Learn what "depleted" means too.
Also, Saddam's regime botched the disposals on a very large number of the chemical weapons they demiled. Iraq was not a very healthy place to live, even without the two Gulf Wars.
It's easy to look for because it persists in the body for so long. And there's a LOT of GWI in people who have no DU exposure and don't have any case history that would have given them exposure to it. (It doesn't really travel; it's heavy)
Well, seriously. That was heavily looked into and, if not thoroughly disproven, pretty well dumped to the bottom of the pile a long time ago. Does NOBODY read the medical literature on this stuff?
A stiff nor-easterly for a few days and they'd risk fucking up their own country surely? Once stuff's in the air it's definitively out of control...even I know that and I'm only a retired nurse.
"Cassandra"...or, the scientist at the start of every apocalyptic film ever made whom no-one listens to, then those in charge suddenly plead with to help them when it's a bit too late.
Two of the Gulf War vets who I have worked with have children who were born with pretty severe health issues. Blindness, cerebral palsy, intellectual difficulty, it seems crazy to me that there's virtually zero discussion of it.
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Also, Saddam's regime botched the disposals on a very large number of the chemical weapons they demiled. Iraq was not a very healthy place to live, even without the two Gulf Wars.