After reading the assigned section of “Baghdad Burning”, I recall reading about depleted uranium. I have never heard of this before, but the way Riverbend talked about it, I knew this was what I wanted to research. When Riverebend describes this she recalls, “remembering wasted, little bodies in huge hospital beds- dying of hunger and of disease; diseases that could easily be treated with medicines that were “forbidden.” I remember parents with drawn faces peering anxiously into doctors’ eyes, searching for a miracle.” (Riverbend 47)How sad and depression is that. After looking are websites I learned that depleted uranium is a waste product that is released into the air off of machines built with uranium. The depleted uranium is a diluted version but is still very dangerous. It can be inhaled or be released into cuts or wounds. It causes chemical poisoning to body, such as the way any other poison would. It is not health and it is being releases into the air on a daily basis. It can be stopped easily but is deadly when contacted. (Wikipedia)
Riverbend. Baghdad Burning. New York: The Feminist Press, 2005.
Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia. 2007. Wikimedia Foundation. 7 Nov. 2007.
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Your in-text citation for Baghadad Burning is correction, except the period goes after the (Riverbend 47).
You need a signal phrase to introduce the info about DU: "After looking at several websites I learned on Wikipedia that..." and the in-text citation after shouldn't just give the whole encyclopedia's name (Wikipedia) but the title of the article, "Depleted Uranium."
Finally, the works cited entry for the DU needs more info. It should look like this: "Depleted Uranium." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 13 Nov 2007. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 14 Nov 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Depleted_uranium&oldid=171316263.
Your works cited entry for Baghad Burning is completely correct, however.
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