Dragonlich- I honestly don't know what the odds are, but this can kill people. Just because many thing kill people is not a reason to keep from trying to prevent this particular cause. The problems is that, just as the chemical weapons used by Saddam, DU's effects are long alsting to say the least. They can also cause severe birth defects, just as chemical weapons can. Now we went into Iraq to prevent the use of such inhumane chemical weapons, and to stop that use we use DU.
Max- I couldn't agree more. Well said.
Stevo- good to hear from you again. Yet again we run into a situation where you aren't looking at all of the possibilities (see the thread located at
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...t=67396&page=5). Hot dogs. Yes, we can used processed beef to protect our soldiers from enemy fire. Seriously, there are alternatives, such as tungsten, that are being currently researched. Would you be willing to take a great big breath of DU dust?
Pacifier- I didn't know that about german troops (honestly, no sarcasm). Thank you for giving tungsten (
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pu...dity/tungsten/) a good foothold in this conversation as a viable alternative.