Remember when they told US troops that exposure to Depleted Uranium was negligible?

[Earth_First]

I'm sure the milk is just fine...

[ensho]

1. remember when some of our Iraq troops came home and had sexual

relations and the women yelled out in pain because the seman was so hot and burning?

that news was only reported once ....

[RC]

6. Hot and burning for the woman, but not for the man?

Oookkeeeee...

[NickB79]

12. Only reported once because it was so laughable. nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Remember when Agent Orange was the best thing since sliced bread?

:grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke:

[ensho]

3. and its still maiming and killing

nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. It sure is.

:grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke::grr::nuke:

And people should trust our government and its agencies? I don't think so.

[CoffeeCat]

5. and remember the air at Ground Zero was SAFE!

These were firefighters, police officers and other emergency personnel who were
given assurances that their air quality was JUST FINE!

Many who believed are DEAD NOW.

Will you believe?

[subterranean]

7. Remember when the fallout from Chernobyl killed half the population of Europe?

[Cassandra]

8. That was the Black Death.

Before my time.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

9. Uranium is all over the United States

Pitchblende is found naturally in many soils. Coal contains natural concentrations
of uranium, which during the incineration process becomes Uranium Oxide, which is
the most common form of insoluble molecule (soluble Uranium, simply passes through
the body). The most common form of exposure to uranium in the U.S. is therefore
being downwind of a coal-burning electrical plant.

Depleted Uranium, or Uranium 238, has a half-life of 4.47 billion years, meaning that
it is considerably less radioactive than bananas. The danger of uranium is that it
is a heavy metal, and all heavy metals are to some degree poisonous. But in metallic
form, as munitions are, it really isn't even in a chemical formulation to enter
the bloodstream, even if you sucked on it.

Lead is a far more common heavy metal, and it is scattered around lots of wildlife
areas because of hunters using lead shutgun pellets, which then are eaten by the
waterfowl which can build up to toxic levels. (There have been moves to make pellets
out of iron, or coat them with iron, to help reduce this problem.)

Regardless, anyone who wastes time screaming about Depleted Uranium munitions is
someone who has a level of understanding of science about on par with a anti-evolution
nutcase. In both cases, facts don't matter. Not when someone really wants to believe
what they want to believe.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Earth_First]

10. Thanks for your concern,

duely noted...

[NickB79]

11. Depleted uranium is primarily dangerous because it is a heavy metal

The radiation emitted by DU is quite low; the fact that it has a 4 BILLION year half-life indicates just how little radiation it emits (longer half-life means less radioactivity, which is why things with short half-lives like cesium-131 are so dangerous).

What can make it so toxic is that it can act on a human in the same way lead or mercury can, as a heavy metal poison if it finds it's way into your body.

[Earth_First]

13. With all due respect...

This is not so much it's radioactivity or how it's adverse affects pose health-related problems so much as it is trusting the 'official' report that it's health effects are or were negligible...

The cynicism towards the 'officials' has been badly damaged.

[NickB79]

14. Very true. NT