Uranium expert to speak on Iraq

Friday, December 30, 2005

PEORIA - Dr. Doug Rokke, internationally known expert on depleted uranium, will give a talk, "Out of Iraq," at 2 p.m. Jan. 7 in the basement auditorium of the Main Downtown Branch of the Peoria Public Library, 107 N.E. Monroe St.

Rokke, retired Army major who was director of the Army's Depleted Uranium Project from 1994 to 1995, will talk about the growing dangers of depleted uranium caused by weapons used during the Gulf War, during the current conflict in Iraq and elsewhere.

The talk is free and open to the public.