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ninty · 08-01-2005, 06:15 PM

Uhh...no. The US uses depleted uranium for their armour piercing ammunition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1098858.stm

[quote:d7536]The health of many Gulf War veterans may be at risk from metallic dust from their own ammunition, says a scientist.

Former US colonel Dr Asaf Durakovic, now a professor of medicine, has done extensive research into the Gulf War Syndrome.

He told the European Associations of Nuclear Medicine conference in Paris on Sunday that he had found a "significant presence" of depleted uranium (DU) in two-thirds of the 17 veterans he has tested. [/quote:d7536]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/909638.stm

Some people say 11,000 troops have died as a result of exposure to DU in the first gulf war.

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/d ... _toll.html

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	08-01-2005, 06:15 PM Uhh...no. The US uses depleted uranium for their armour piercing ammunition. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1098858.stm [quote:d7536]The health of many Gulf War veterans may be at risk from metallic dust from their own ammunition, says a scientist. Former US colonel Dr Asaf Durakovic, now a professor of medicine, has done extensive research into the Gulf War Syndrome. He told the European Associations of Nuclear Medicine conference in Paris on Sunday that he had found a "significant presence" of depleted uranium (DU) in two-thirds of the 17 veterans he has tested. [/quote:d7536] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/909638.stm Some people say 11,000 troops have died as a result of exposure to DU in the first gulf war. http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/d ... _toll.html