Re: DU

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Absolutely.

On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:03:58AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
> is DU more radioactive than the lead used in "normal" bullets, which also form little particles?
>
> ------------------------
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
> [was: RE: [PEN-L] Death By Slow Burn: How America Nukes Its Own Troops}
>
> Michael wrote:
> > Yes and no.  A piece of depleted uranium is not particularly
> > radioactive
> > because the particles it emits are relatively big and will
> > mostly bounce
> > off your skin.  When it is fired, it forms tiny particles that you can
> > breathe into your body.  These particles continually give off
> > radioactivity inside your lungs, where they do great harm.

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