Mr. Damacio A. Lopez is Executive Director of I-DUST (International Depleted Uranium Study Team), a non-governmental organization of researchers, activists, soldiers, doctors, and scientists throughout the world dedicated to immediately stopping the use of DU in military weapons. Through coalition and alliances with other organizations, IDUST works to inform and coordinate community advocacy efforts around the globe to stop the proliferation and use of weapons containing DU. IDUST promotes health studies and medical care for soldiers and civilians exposed to DU, the clean up and remediation of contaminated sites, and the abolition of DU in military weapons. IDUST joins the World Depleted Uranium Center in the campaign to ban DU in military and civilian applications.

Mr. Lopez first became involved in DU research in 1985 when he organized Socorro residents in the investigation of potential health risks associated with nearby explosive testing of DU weaponry at New Mexico Tech. He has authored and co-authored many respected works, including: "Friendly Fire, the Link Between Depleted Uranium Munitions and Human Health Risk,"1994; "Uranium Battlefields Home and Abroad: Depleted Uranium Use by the U.S. Department of Defense,"1993; and "Progress on the Persian Gulf War Illness: Reality and Hypotheses,"1995, published by the International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. Mr. Lopez served as a consultant to the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland in 1997. Mr. Lopez He can be reached at idust@sdc.org.

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