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To raise awareness about the need for a comprehensive study on the possible health and environmental impacts of the military's use of Depleted Uranium, Rep. Jim McDermott has taken an unusual approach.

A few months ago, Rep. McDermott agreed to be interviewed on audio tape for use in a new song about DU. The song is part of the debut album on a major label by the Punk Rock group, Anti-Flag. The group has a loyal and broad following among young people across America.

Rep. McDermott has introduced H.R. 2410, the Depleted Uranium Munitions Study Act, which has 27 co-sponsors so far, including one Republican. The bill remains stalled by the majority. Rep. McDermott believed being interviewed for a song that would be heard by young people across the county was one way of speaking directly to young Americans.

Before agreeing to the interview, McDermott advised the band that he would not declare that DU is a problem; rather, he felt there was an urgent need to study DU and repeated concerns he has expressed before that he fears DU is this generation's Agent Orange.