ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE 1999 NATO BOMBING – SURVEY
ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE 1999 NATO BOMBING – SURVEY

Author(s): Bojan B. Dimitrijević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Security and defense, Military policy, Politics and Identity
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: battle damage; depleted uranium; environmental effects of the bombing; NATO aggression; human losses (casualties); economic effects of the bombing; health effects of the bombing
Summary/Abstract: This article presents a synthetic survey on the economic, environmental and health effects of the 1999 NATO military aggression. The aim of the article is to remind, once again, of the costs and consequences of the bombing for Serbia’s economy, aenvironment and the health of people. The recent arguments refer to an attempt to quantify the costs of the long-term health effects for people who were exposed to depleted uranium and other hazardous chemicals in Serbia. It could be the starting point for possible compensation payment to sick people and the families of those who died of the NATO Alliance bombing effects. Besides Introduction, Conclusion and Reference List, the article includes parts that refer to the synthetic evaluation of the costs and effects of the military aggression for the economy, environment and the health of people in Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.

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