[GODREKR]

Due to the use of massive amount of uranium munitions used by the US forces in the initial bombing and subsequently, massive amount of congenital deformities occur all over Afghanistan. The rate of various cancers has gone up significantly. Leukemia and esophageal cancers are very high among children. According to doctors at maternity and children hospitals in Kabul, the rate of various congenital deformities have increased by many folds since the US invasion.

[Tigerz]

OMFG!!! :qu estionmark

[beccatheeditor]

Uranium does not cause anencephaly and it definitely does not cause harlequin ichthyosis. The first is a neural tube closure failure related to spina bifida, and the second is a recessive genetic condition. Also, I think I already posted in another discussion that the baby with the severely swollen hands and feet is NOT affected by uranium; it has a rare and lethal genetic condition called Neu-Laxova. Radiation doesn't do this to babies... random quirks of genetics do. The randomness and the reality of the fact that any one of us could have a baby like one of these is what makes us attempt to blame it on radiation or other factors, instead of admitting that the seeds to breed monstrosities lurk in all of our genes.

[GODREKR]

ok

[BobSaaget]

Originally Posted by GØÐRËKR ↗

ok

hahaha i love how u just say ok when that dude posted a huge ass paragraph on uranium info.

Btw these babies look like they're from the hills have eyes.

[onlyme]

Originally Posted by beccatheeditor ↗

Uranium does not cause anencephaly and it definitely does not cause harlequin ichthyosis. The first is a neural tube closure failure related to spina bifida, and the second is a recessive genetic condition. Also, I think I already posted in another discussion that the baby with the severely swollen hands and feet is NOT affected by uranium; it has a rare and lethal genetic condition called Neu-Laxova. Radiation doesn't do this to babies... random quirks of genetics do. The randomness and the reality of the fact that any one of us could have a baby like one of these is what makes us attempt to blame it on radiation or other factors, instead of admitting that the seeds to breed monstrosities lurk in all of our genes.

''and you do know that bad radiation can wack your dna sequence bad right? ie: your wacked genes will produce an offspring with genes similar to yours? don't know really, after all i'm just a plumber and not a sayantist!

[beccatheeditor]

Originally Posted by onlyme ↗

''and you do know that bad radiation can wack your dna sequence bad right? ie: your wacked genes will produce an offspring with genes similar to yours? don't know really, after all i'm just a plumber and not a sayantist!

And I'm an assistant supervisor in an office who just happens to like reading textbooks on developmental biology as a hobby. You are entirely correct that radiation can and does damage DNA. However, the type of damage done by radiation usually leads either to the death or dysfunction of the affected cells, or to the development of cancer because the regulatory mechanisms of cell growth are prone to damage. People exposed to radiation and their children have abnormally high rates of cancer, particularly leukemias and thyroid cancers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionizin...ogical_effects

[onlyme]

Originally Posted by beccatheeditor ↗

And I'm an assistant supervisor in an office who just happens to like reading textbooks on developmental biology as a hobby. You are entirely correct that radiation can and does damage DNA. However, the type of damage done by radiation usually leads either to the death or dysfunction of the affected cells, or to the development of cancer because the regulatory mechanisms of cell growth are prone to damage. People exposed to radiation and their children have abnormally high rates of cancer, particularly leukemias and thyroid cancers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionizin...ogical_effects

was thought about "dirty" bombs; dangers, cause and effect, etc..
''or all that was just a dream, an' i'm just confusin' it wit reality?

[beccatheeditor]

Originally Posted by onlyme ↗

was thought about "dirty" bombs; dangers, cause and effect, etc..
''or all that was just a dream, an' i'm just confusin' it wit reality?

Most studies have indicated that "dirty" bombs would cause more panic and alarm than actual damage. The exposure to radiation would be temporary and might cause skin irritation or burns. There is more danger with the byproducts of radioactive fallout produced in a nuclear explosion (such as radioactive iodine that is taken up by the thyroid gland). A dirty bomb does not create a nuclear reaction. It uses a conventional explosive to scatter radioactive material. The highly dangerous and highly reactive products produced by a nuclear explosion would not occur with a dirty bomb; nor do they occur as a result of having uranium lying around. They are highly unstable elements undergoing rapid decay, which means they are emitting vast amounts of alpha and beta particles and gamma rays. Plain old uranium is radioactive, but decays slowly compared to the byproducts of a nuclear explosion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_bomb

[onlyme]

Originally Posted by beccatheeditor ↗

Most studies have indicated that "dirty" bombs would cause more panic and alarm than actual damage. The exposure to radiation would be temporary and might cause skin irritation or burns. There is more danger with the byproducts of radioactive fallout produced in a nuclear explosion (such as radioactive iodine that is taken up by the thyroid gland). A dirty bomb does not create a nuclear reaction. It uses a conventional explosive to scatter radioactive material. The highly dangerous and highly reactive products produced by a nuclear explosion would not occur with a dirty bomb; nor do they occur as a result of having uranium lying around. They are highly unstable elements undergoing rapid decay, which means they are emitting vast amounts of alpha and beta particles and gamma rays. Plain old uranium is radioactive, but decays slowly compared to the byproducts of a nuclear explosion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_bomb

dirty bombs aren't meant to be taken ala blueboy, it's how they could come about is what posts the most concern. simple break-in to a diagnostic clinic which houses an xray machine will provide enough radioactive material for a simple dirty bomb. it's the panic factor that one is after who wishes to device such threat.

https://www.notwiki.com/justme/thinking.html