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Politics : Depleted Uranium

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To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (35)5/14/2005 3:02:48 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) of 55
 
Radiation from DU should be comparable to the background radiation.

Background radiation? You think 15000 Bq per gram is like normal background radiation?? Let me clue you in a little. In Scotland we have a higher cancer rate because of the radioactive nature of the granite that surrounds us. What is it's radioactive rate??

while granite has an activity of 0.00005–0.0005 Bq per mg of granite.

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Although that beta radiation is safe while outside the body, it can change dramatically if it gets inside the human body.

Am I really talking to a molecular biologist?
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