RE: Did "depleted uranium" munitions cause birth defects and cancer in Basra?
December 20, 2012 at 10:37 pm
This is news?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321787/ns/...NPKAneulhE
This article is dated 2006.
Well, there you have it. How can anyone argue with the DoD?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321787/ns/...NPKAneulhE
Quote:Depleted uranium is the garbage left from producing enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and energy plants. It is 60 percent as radioactive as natural uranium. The U.S. has an estimated 1.5 billion pounds of it, sitting in hazardous waste storage sites across the country. Meaning it is plentiful and cheap as well as highly effective.
Reed says he unknowingly breathed DU dust while living with his unit in Samawah, Iraq. He was med-evaced out in July 2003, nearly unable to walk because of lightning-strike pains from herniated discs in his spine. Then began a strange series of symptoms he'd never experienced in his previously healthy life.
This article is dated 2006.
Quote:The Department of Defense says depleted uranium is powerful and safe, and not that worrisome.
Well, there you have it. How can anyone argue with the DoD?