(PHOTO: Child deformed by effects of Depleted Uranium, or DU, in Afghanistan)

"One way or another, the Pentagon will pay a price. 'Depleted uranium (DU) is a war crime. It's that simple,' Dr. Doug Rokke says. 'Once you've scattered all this stuff around, and then refuse to clean it up, you've committed a war crime.'"

Tests on returning troops suggest serious health consequences of depleted uranium use in Iraq.

Gerard Matthew thought he was lucky. He returned from his Iraq tour a year and a half ago alive and in one piece. But after the New York State National Guardsman got home, he learned that a bunkmate, Sgt. Ray Ramos, and a group of N.Y. Guard members from another unit had accepted an offer by the New York Daily News and reporter Juan Gonzalez to be tested for depleted uranium (DU) contamination, and had tested positive.

Matthew, 31, decided that since he'd spent much of his time in Iraq lugging around DU-damaged equipment, he'd better get tested too. It turned out he was the most contaminated of them all.