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To: stockman_scott who wrote (103345)	6/28/2003 9:16:20 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Stock, Owen McShane [a Kiwi commentator] wrote an article about depleted uranium, debunking the mythology. The word uranium is used like a hot button. Just as Carbon 14 is radioactive and too much would be bad for our health [probably any is no good, but we're stuck with it], we are actually made of carbon. It's our food. Similarly, non-radioactive uranium isn't harmful [from a radiological point of view - I'm not sure about toxicity]. My guess is that uranium is no more toxic than mercury and lead [and other heavy metals]. There is no shortage of lead in paint on houses and all over the place. Some depleted uranium in an Iraqi desert isn't likely to be much of an issue. I can't find Owen McShane's article just now. It's maybe in the National Business Review archives. Mqurice