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Leuren Moret
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Leuren Moret is a former scientific laboratory employee known for her study of the adverse health and environmental effects of depleted uranium. Moret worked for two periods at two U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Background Moret earned her Bachelor of Science in Geology at University of California, Davis in 1968, and her Master of Arts in Near Eastern Studies from University of California, Berkeley in 1978. Depleted uranium Moret is a critic of the use of depleted uranium. She contributed to the United Nations subcommission investigating depleted uranium. She researched the environmental and public health effects of low level radiation from atmospheric testing fallout, nuclear power plants, and depleted uranium weaponry. In 2003, she testified at the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan held in Japan. Moret claims that hundreds of medical conditions are caused by exposure to depleted uranium. She was a presenter at the World Depleted Uranium Weapons Conference in Hamburg, Germany, and at the World Court of Women at the World Social Forum in Bombay, India in January 2004. She is a Contributing Editor to Global Outlook, was one of nine members of the Berkeley Community Environmental Advisory Commission, and a former president of the Association for Women Geoscientists. Articles written by Moret * [http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml "Depleted uranium: Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets"], from San Francisco Bay View * [http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2004/DU-Trojan-Horse1jul04.htm "Depleted Uranium: The Trojan Horse of Nuclear War"], originally published in World Affairs, July 1, 2004. 
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