Balkan War syndrome

A term that dignifies a side effect allegedly suffered by soldiers during the fighting in Bosnia, Hercegovina and Kosovo in the mid- to late 1990s, who were exposed to NATO anti-tank missiles and bombs containing depleted uranium.

According to one report, 16 ex-soldiers from 6 different countries who served in the Balkans died from leukaemia.

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