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Chicago Premier of the award winning European film, "The Doctor, the DU and the Dying Children"

Chicago Premier of the award winning European film,
"The Doctor, the DU and the Dying Children"
You are invited to a special showing of the acclaimed film on DU use and effects,

"The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium and the Dying Children"
A film by & Frieder Wagner & Valentin Thurn Produced by Ochowa-Film for WDR 2004

Shown in conjuntion with the Citizen Epidemiology Conference
Evanston Campus of Northwestern University

Preview showing: Friday, May 20, 4:30 p.m., Annenberg Hall G-15 (near Sheridan Rd. and Foster Street)
Formal showing with discussion: Saturday, May 21, 7 p.m., University Hall 122 (near Sheridan Rd and Chicago Avenue)

A $3 donation is requested for each of the showings

Conference and showing sponsored by:
Nuclear Energy Information Service, Northwestern SEED, and Traprock Peace Center, USA; GAAA Germany; and Science for Peace, Canada

Film promo trailer:

IS THERE REMEDY?

Prof. Siegwart-Horst Günther,
a physician specializing in tropical diseases and epidemiology, who worked with Dr. Albert Schweitzer,
was the first European physician to bring back hard evidence from Iraq, that 'depleted' uranium projectiles contaminated Iraq. More than 300 tons of radioactive, uranium ammunition were used during the 1991 Gulf War.

Film-makers accompanied Günther, Tedd Weyman (umrc.net) and others during investigations in Iraq, where US commanders ordered the use of these deadly, toxic, and long-lasting weapons.

This award-winning film shows many of the long-term effects, especially among the newborns of veterans, and children in combat zones. Experts collected samples in Baghdad and other areas. The worst contamination is reported to be 20,000 times higher than the earth's natural radiation levels.

As early as 1991, Professor Günther had noticed people in the University Clinic of Baghdad with symptoms which he had never seen before in the 40 years of his work in Iraq. He also examined many deformed babies and children, most of whom did not live long, and documented the cases. He diagnosed serious disorders in the functioning of the kidneys and the liver, as well as high cancer rates and genetic defects.

When similar symptoms then appeared in the cases of American and British Gulf War veterans and their children, the connection was clear to Günther and many other scientists. They are demanding that further contamination of civilians, soldiers and the environment must not be allowed, and that humane healthcare must be provided.

"The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium and the Dying Children"
A film by & Frieder Wagner & Valentin Thurn Produced by Ochowa-Film for WDR 2004

People who want in-depth coverage of DU-effects, are sharing news about this film.
Commercial theaters & TV stations are invited to negotiate licensed use.

Now available for home-use through > www.traprockpeace.org
CALL to co-sponsor a public screening in the US, in a neighbors network to end war! 413 773-7427


Please feel free to re-send and reproduce this information to friends, family and colleagues.
For more information on the Conference, go to: www.neis.org

--
Dave Kraft, Director
Nuclear Energy Information Service
P.O. Box 1637
Evanston, IL 60204-1637
Evanston: (847)869-7650; -7658 fax
Hamburg: +49-40-430-7332
Neis (at) neis.org
www.neis.org
 
 

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