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18. I thnk radiation is less risk than toxicity

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Sat Sep 2, 2023, 02:00 PM

Sep 2023

This is farmland, not desert. It will be plowed and disturbed for many generations. Uranium is toxic.

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Reuters: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 OP

Horrible, the Russians and Ukrainians will be paying for this with cancer and birth defects for diane in sf Sep 2023 #1

Bullshit. NNadir Sep 2023 #3

It is unfortunately not: ramen Sep 2023 #8

One can always find a single paper that says this or that. NNadir Sep 2023 #10

Not bullshit - Navajo babies still being born with high levels of uranium in their systems womanofthehills Sep 2023 #23

I would never dispute those findings, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #27

Depleted uranium is not a radiation problem. ManiacJoe Sep 2023 #66

It's less toxic than the lead in bullets Diraven Sep 2023 #5

Yep! I saw the study. newdayneeded Sep 2023 #47

Much better for Ukrainians to be slaughtered by Russians Kennah Sep 2023 #15

There's never been a case of cancer attributed to DU. COL Mustard Sep 2023 #75

Mixed emotions about that. The existential threat is the first priority. paleotn Sep 2023 #2

Well our troops have paid the price for years. Hope22 Sep 2023 #4

Yes, but in the Ukrainians situation the choice is not an easy one. paleotn Sep 2023 #7

Just saying... Hope22 Sep 2023 #9

I believe exposure to Agent Orange and toxic burn sites is far more dangerous than depleted uranium. Martin68 Sep 2023 #14

It's all bad and there are still so many undiagnosed results.... Hope22 Sep 2023 #20

You know what would be nicer? MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #22

Agree.... Hope22 Sep 2023 #24

And just to be clear, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #25

The Navajo Nation has high cancer rates & kidney failure from uranium mining womanofthehills Sep 2023 #21

The danger of uranium mining to miners and the surrounding communities is well documented. Martin68 Sep 2023 #50

Kind of wrong - American Navajos have been dealing with toxic uranium since 1944 womanofthehills Sep 2023 #26

??? How is that relevant to my post? How? paleotn Sep 2023 #38

Good. MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #6

You'll see turrets popping all over the place. COL Mustard Sep 2023 #76

Toxic as hell orthoclad Sep 2023 #11

+1 hueymahl Sep 2023 #17

US tanks used depleted-uranium shells against Russian-made tanks in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. 4lbs Sep 2023 #12

I thnk radiation is less risk than toxicity orthoclad Sep 2023 #18

DU is like any other heavy metal. COL Mustard Sep 2023 #77

Depleted Uranium James48 Sep 2023 #13

Terrible hueymahl Sep 2023 #16

We should be brokering a peace? MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #19

Ok, so how far do we take it hueymahl Sep 2023 #29

You're asking the wrong person, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #33

Or you should answer a legitimate question hueymahl Sep 2023 #41

Again, you're asking the wrong person, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #42

Avoiding the question hueymahl Sep 2023 #43

WWIII will be the certain result if Putin is not stopped by Ukraine. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #64

Ukraine is a unique situation hueymahl Sep 2023 #69

You say this like our diplomats are not talking to theirs. They are. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #71

Force is used as a figure of speech hueymahl Sep 2023 #80

You are a day late and a dollar short with this response. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #81

Threats? hueymahl Sep 2023 #83

Let me ask you this, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #72

I disagree with the premose hueymahl Sep 2023 #79

Putin has made it very clear he wants to revive the Soviet Union MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #82

Not bent on conquest? MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #86

Broker a peace with a genocidal, criminal Russian regime? Mysterian Sep 2023 #30

Your right hueymahl Sep 2023 #31

Logic fail Mysterian Sep 2023 #32

Oh, I get it, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #34

Reductio ad Hitlerum hueymahl Sep 2023 #35

So, no coherent answer? nt MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #36

What's the point of responding to a logical fallacy hueymahl Sep 2023 #39

"logical fallacy" ? EX500rider Sep 2023 #56

I studied symbolic logic in college. Reductio ad Hitlerum is not a logical fallacy. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #65

You may have studied logic, but it doesn't sound like you studied humor hueymahl Sep 2023 #68

But, you're not funny. And you are quite wrong. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #70

Well, I think I'm funny hueymahl Sep 2023 #78

Not funny. Just argumentative. And now on my ignore list. Earth-shine Sep 2023 #84

..... MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #85

Ukraine doesn't have nukes nor is it being provided nukes XorXor Sep 2023 #46

might be better than hundreds of thousands of young men losing their lives and limbs womanofthehills Sep 2023 #37

Would you have said the same thing to the allies in WWII MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #40

Tell the Ukranians Mysterian Sep 2023 #49

The Ukrainains seem to want to defend their soverignty against Russian aggression XorXor Sep 2023 #63

What exactly is the escalation here? XorXor Sep 2023 #45

Broker peace with Putin? Are you willing to let Russia keep the territory they invaded and are Martin68 Sep 2023 #51

I've noticed that conversations don't go very far when talking to people who make such statements XorXor Sep 2023 #62

You trust Putin that much? NickB79 Sep 2023 #54

Excellent Mysterian Sep 2023 #28

I wonder how much benefit this will have XorXor Sep 2023 #44

Russia is using hundreds of tanks, often fortified in place. Tis ammunition would probably be used Martin68 Sep 2023 #52

I'm not following how that would work XorXor Sep 2023 #55

Anti-tank artillery pieces. The D-44 is an 85-millimeter gun that borrowed its barrel from the Martin68 Sep 2023 #57

Can those soviet made guns fire DU tank ammuntion provided by the US or UK, though? XorXor Sep 2023 #61

XorXor, I see your point. I confess I may have made a false assumption. Perhaps the depleted Martin68 Sep 2023 #67

Depleted Uranium is a War Crime róisín_dubh Sep 2023 #48

The is the opinion of some observers. The use if depleted uranium, however, has not been officially Martin68 Sep 2023 #53

The only war crimes going on Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #58

If we were ever pulled into the ground fight in Ukraine Red Mountain Sep 2023 #59

I slept on stacks of such ammo in the Persian Gulf Kaleva Sep 2023 #60

We used DU munitions in Iraq. Qutzupalotl Sep 2023 #73

"The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that...." EX500rider Sep 2023 #74

Kick BlueWavePsych Sep 2023 #87