Šobot: We will feel the consequences of depleted uranium for a long time

The consequences of the NATO bombing of Republika Srpska on August 30, 1995, with depleted uranium missiles, will be felt for a long time, and the situation on the ground as well as the patients need to be examined in order to gain insight real on what happened to us 29 years ago, says Srni cardiologist Nikola Shobot.

“We are talking about such compounds that continue to be present for hundreds of years and have a harmful effect over a long period of time, and malignant diseases are diseases that develop gradually,” said Šobot, who is also the head of the Clinic for Cardiac Surgery of the Clinical Center of the University of the Republika Srpska.

He says that the NATO bombing in Republika Srpska could have left more and more devastating consequences, about which we do not know much at the moment.

Schobot says that the impact of the environment on people’s health is huge and it belongs to those factors that can be influenced in order to protect the health of the residents.

“Currently, we have no data on the amount of uranium or on the direct consequences of radiation on human health, except for those observational studies based on personal impressions, that is, the impressions of doctors who examine a large number of patients with malignancy. diseases,” said Shobot.

He emphasized that, as a health care system, we have an obligation to recognize what has happened during these 29 years and try to verify the effect of depleted uranium bombs on people’s health through serious research.

In addition, he added that residents are exposed to the negative effects of various chemicals, and in this regard it is necessary to protect the health of the population.

“I hope that in the next period we will carry out specific research and studies that will lead to identifying the exact causes of the disease, that is, to see the concentration of uranium itself and its effect on people’s health,” said Shobot .

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