Following NATO's bombing of former Yugoslavia in 1999, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force was deployed in Kosovo. Among this KFOR force was a large Italian contingent. Italian physician Dr Rita Celli noticed that the incidence of cancer among them was significantly higher than in the normal population. Blood and tissue tests of the affected soldiers revealed excessive levels of heavy metals in the bodies and even the brains of these soldiers. She ascribes this to the lingering effects of NATO's use of depleted uranium munitions.