Jun 20, 2006 — The group North Country Veterans for Peace is showing a movie tonight in Potsdam about the military's use of depleted uranium (a heavy metal used in ammunition) in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the first Gulf War, veterans groups have argued the weakly radioactive chemical has caused a range of illnesses in thousands of soldiers. The Pentagon says the substance does not make people sick. New York's legislature has taken up a bill that would help National Guard soldiers get tested for exposure to depleted uranium from military service. And it would encourage more research on the subject. Similar bills have passed in Connecticut and Louisiana. Miles Manchester is a member of North Country Veterans for Peace.