Depleted Uranium in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment

by United Nations Environment Programme

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This report studies the effects of Depleted Uranium (DU) ammunition in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the conflict of 1994-95. Investigations at 14 sites revealed that DU was present at three of the sites more than seven years after the conflict. Soil, water, and air samples were tested, and for the first time in the Balkans, DU was found to be present in drinking water samples The report recommends precautionary steps in the form of decontamination and clean-up. It goes on to suggest that further studies be undertaken in other regions where DU ammunition has been used.
  • ISBN10 9211586194
  • ISBN13 9789211586190
  • Publish Date 23 May 2003
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint United Nations
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 282
  • Language English