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Ustwo- Yep. Radiation from the sun can be dangerous in large amounts. Just like radiation from DU can be dangerous in large amounts. Eating DU can be dangerous, but I'm sure it isn't done on purpous. The same dust I mentioned before CAN get into water and food supplies.
The_Dunedan- I couldn't agree more about the adhering in the lungs.
pan6467- Precisely.
Connolly- Regular uranium CAN do that. It just takes time. We are talking about over a decade from the initial use of DU in Iraq. This is enough time for us to start seeing some of the effects start to come to the surface. Since DU is a geneotoxic substance, it can cause birth defects. What's the deal with your edit? Please elaborate.
Seaver- I'm with pan on this one. 4 weekends at a bombing range that may or may not use DU hardly compares to 10 years in a zone that saw hundreds of tons of DU munitions used.
Joeshoe- The problem is that when it is proven that DU does what we are claiming it does, it will be in clear violation of the Geneva Convention, a treaty we signed in good faith. I know it sounds silly to have rules of war on the surface, but these rules keep innocent people from being injured or killed.
jonjon42- Yes!
Ustwo, again- I don't consider myself an alarmist. Do you know how many soldiers from the Gulf War are STILL TO THIS DAY testing positive for DU in their urine? I'll let you find that one out.
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