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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom_H_68 who wrote (11064)2/21/2003 12:31:54 AM
From: Mighty_Mezz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
Yes, DU rounds are safe to handle, it's when they hit something that's the problem. They burn on impact, and 20 to 70% of their mass is vaporized and diffuses into the air as radioactive uranium oxide particles with a half-life of 4.5 billion years.

The DU shells for 120mm cannon weigh about 10 pounds apiece. That's a lot of cancer-causing dust we'll be scattering.


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