DU weapons are very effective kinetic energy penetrators, but even more effective bioweapons since uranium has a strong chemical affinity for phosphate structures concentrated in DNA.
DU is the Trojan Horse of nuclear war - it keeps giving and keeps killing. There is no way to clean it up, and no way to turn it off because it continues to decay into other radioactive isotopes in over 20 steps.
http://tinyurl.com/o5xyd
(to the moderator
I don't know how to deal with this one in regard to copyright as it is from my mail box.
I see the issue as important and hope you do as well.
Dio)
[Not a problem Dio. If it's on the Web, I'll find it. Dr C]
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