The gene bomb

More than 240,000 Gulf War veterans are on permanent medical disability and more than 11,000 are dead. They have been denied testing, medical care, and compensation for depleted uranium exposure and related illnesses since 1991...

Even worse, they brought it home in their bodies. In some families, the children born before the Gulf War are the only healthy members. Wives and female partners of Gulf War veterans have reported a condition known as burning semen syndrome, and are now internally contaminated from depleted uranium carried in the semen of exposed veterans. Many are reporting reproductive illnesses such as endometriosis. In a U.S. government study, conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs on post-Gulf War babies, 67% were found to have serious birth defects or serious illnesses. They were born without eyes (anophthalmos), ears, had missing organs, missing legs and arms, fused fingers, thyroid or other organ malformations.

Leuren Moret (quoted in Project Censored, but I can't yet find the original source. In the meantime, read an article by Moret in World Affairs)

Depleted uranium is a component of many current American (and British) weapons, despite being illegal under international and American military laws. Read more about depleted uranium and its genetic aftereffects at Project Censored.

Thanks to Red Eft for the tip.