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Ten Fingers 10 Toes
Education for the PRO-elimination of Depleted Uranium

Ten Fingers 10 Toes 
 The Play
 
Lindafaye Kroll RN BSN, nurse-educator, author, actor, writer and researcher travels around Hawai'i educating the general public on the military caused radiation issue in Hawai'i.  A major concern is that Hawai'i is most likely contaminated with ballistic depleted uranium through military live-fire training, which is a grave public health risk.  Ms. Kroll is the spokesperson on the depleted uranium issue for Kahu O Kahiko (a Hawai'i Non-Profit)   
Kroll co-wrote and is the sole actor in a mini drama/play depicting the cost of war to four females in a Hawai'i family dealing with the anticipated return from their  Hawai’i National Guard, husband, father and son-in-law from his second tour of duty in Iraq.   He is coming home in poor health and facing the imminent birth of his son known to have a serious birth defect.  Exposure to depleted uranium dust (when he served in Iraq) is the topic of impact and concern to this ohana. 
5 year old Pua

Pua makes a prayer to God. "Please fix baby brudder and daddy..."		 12 year old Lani

Lani's angry, "I don't want a freak for a brother!"
Expectant Mom

Mom researchs DU and birth defects on the internet, she also worries about paying medical bills for a special needs infant.		 Tutu and Keoni

Tutu talks story with Keoni. "We must educate people about DU."

Questions and Answers...
With medical professionals will follow the play:  Discussion will include the health and environmental issues of depleted uranium (DU); testimony on HB 1452; DU found in Hawai'i; high radiation reading discovered on Big Island; and a call to action to test Hawai'i and our Hawai'i National Guard veterans for depleted uranium.
 
Bring "Ten Fingers 10 Toes" to your community.  For current bookings see adjacent column.  To schedule performances contact Lindafaye Kroll RN BSN at tenfingers10toes@protecthawaii.ws
 
Please Help Protect Hawai'i. 
Make a tax deductible donation to Kahu O Kahiko for DU education.  Mail a check or money order to P.O. Box 748 Keaau, Hawaii 96749
 
 
Scheduled Performance Dates 
  
Saturday September 22, 2007  6:30pm
 
 University of Hawai'i, Hilo
  UBC 100 (first building across from main gate security office)
 
Dr. Lorrin Pang a Maui County District Health Officer (addressing the issue in his private capacity) is the key note speaker after the play. 
 
  
FIRST REVIEW OF "TEN FINGERS 10 TOES" 
MAUI TIMES


WHAT IS DEPLETED URANIUM?

Depleted Uranium (DU) is the radioactive waste product from the nuclear industry.  The most popular way for the United States to get rid of this toxic waste is to sell/give it to the weapons industry.  DU is toxic heavy metal with radioactive properties used by the military as anti-armor weapon and to reinforce tank armor.  Once DU munitions are launched they become ballistic, they catch fire, and on impact they can punch through anything with tremendous force causing trillions of tiny radioactive particles of ballistic depleted uranium dust to be scattered in the environment and carried in the air.  These vaporized radioactive heavy metal particles can be inhaled or ingested and cause illness because of contaminated air, food or water supply.  The military claims DU is not harmful to health and environment but independent experts disagree.  The solid form of DU is not harmless; but we agree with the military talking points that in its solid form DU does not present much of a public health risk.  Ballistic depleted uranium, on the other hand, DOES present a public health risk of exposure to anyone downwind of its use. 
DEPLETED URANIUM IN HAWAI'I?
 
Depleted Uranium is a problem in Hawai'i .  In 2005 during unexploded ordnance clean-up spent DU spotting rounds were found at Schofield Barracks despite the Army’s denial of ever having or using DU munitions in Hawaii  .  The Navy stores DU munitions on Oahu under the “Naval Radioactive Materials Permit.”  DU remains radioactive for over 4.5 billion years. we know DU is in Hawai'i .  We are trying to find out how contaminated the islands are from DU. HB 1452 (to test for depleted uranium in Hawai'i) was tabled until the 2008 State of Hawai'i Legislative Session.  Private residents on Big Island have armed themselves with radiation monitors.  Radiation readings much higher than background readings have already been measured.


BIRTH DEFECTS IN CHILDREN
OF GULF WAR VETERANS

 Jayce Hanson's father is a Gulf War I Veteran

Photo from Life Magazine November 1995
Jayce Hansen has a serious birth defect.

Photo from Life Magazine Nov. 1995		 Jayce Hansen adapts to his life.

Photo from Life Magazine Nov. 1995
Gerard Mathews, a Gulf War veteran, and daughter born with birth defect of her right hand. Gerard tested positive for DU.

See DVD 'Poison DUst"		 Kenedi's face disfigured with benign tumors. Her father Darrel, a Gulf War veteran, tested positive for radiation.

Photo from Life Magazine 1995

BIRTH DEFECTS IN CHILDREN
OF AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ 
 
WARNING
 
Some of the images
below are highly distrubing!

Infant born in Afghanistan with its intestines outside its body. Photo from book "Afghanistan after Democracy."

Afghanistan is contaminated with tons of US DU munitions.
Hawaiian Cultural Monitors Leimaile and Kamoa Quitevis
Big Island Weekly article by Kristine Kubat
"Monitoring depleted uranium" February. 28, 2007
 
"Leimaile and Kamoa Quitevis are literally on the front lines of the DU issue... Their job was to ensure that sacred Hawaiian sites were not disturbed (at Schofield Barracks during cleanup for the Stryker Brigade). Along with others who assisted the Quitevises in their fieldwork, the couple has been exposed to DU. Kamoa has photographic evidence that ordinances known to contain DU were open-air detonated. He testified before the house committee hearing H.B. 1452 that he has seen thousands of shards from Davy Crocketts, as the ordinances are called, scattered about Schofield...Just recently, Leimaile's sister who was assisting on site and pregnant at the time, gave birth to a child with a serious birth defect. The baby was born with it's intestines outside its body..."We can't say for sure that the baby's defect came from DU," says Leimaile, "but there's a chance. We need to start monitoring."  For full article see www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2007/02/28/read/news/news02.txl

SCALEY SKIN

The "YouTube" link on the opposite page shows an infant from the middle east still alive with this affliction.
INFANT BORN with HARLEQUIN ICHTHYSOIS 
SCALEY SKIN
KEY FINDINGS:  Skin: extremely thick scale encases the entire fetus; deep fissures in scale develop after birth; thick scale causes eversion of the lips (eclabium) and eyelids (ectropion); ears and digits may appear malformed, owing in part to the thick scale that envelops them.  Associated findings: in some, none; short stature is common in survivors; neurologic, kidney and lung abnormalities have been described.  Age at first appearance: birth.  Long-term course: premature birth common; early death may occur from complications of prematurity and/or constriction caused by the thick scale, from infection or from dehydration.See link: 
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Another infant born in Afghanistan.

As a nurse, I am speechless! What possible words could I say... that would provide comfort to the grief and terror the parent of this infant must feel?		 A flag displayed upside down, symbolizes a country in distress.

*****The message on this flag speaks for itself.*****

GROWING CONCERN
Radiation in Hawai'i
 
SEE LOCAL NEWSPAPER STORIES BELOW:
 
"Radiation Highway" by Alan McNaire Hawaii Island Journal
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 "Catching Rays" Big Island Weekly
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 "Risky Business" Big Island Weekly
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"DU Monitoring to Begin" Big Island Weeklyby Kristine Kubat
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News Update Alert:
Depleted Uranium Confirmed at Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Big Island.
 
 "DU Found at Pohakuloa" Hawaii Tribune Herald
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"Citizens: Persistence led to DU discovery" Hawaii Tribune Herald
 
"Radioactive find at PTA fuels fears" Hawaii Tribune Herald
 
"Leaders at every level concerned about discovery"


 
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