Year: 2022

DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS. The next string is a peek at the remarkable practices of the military relating to using depleted uranium in munitions, a toxic radioactive nuclear waste byproduct, used because of its high density and armor piercing qualities; it is a toxic chemical, and whose legacy will remain in the dust for very long periods. View in LinkedIn

DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) BOMBS. "The U.S. Military Littered Iraq with Toxic Depleted Uranium in 2003... with thousands of tons of munitions made from depleted uranium ... more than half of babies born in Fallujah ... were born with birth defects...the highest rate of genetic damage in any population ever studied." http://lnkd.in/dKZdVjF View in LinkedIn

DU DUST. "The aerosol or spallation frangible powder produced during impact and combustion of depleted uranium munitions can potentially contaminate wide areas around the impact sites, leading to possible inhalation by human beings." http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

DU HAS IMMENSE HALF-LIFE. "Most depleted uranium arises as a byproduct of the production of enriched uranium for use in nuclear reactors and in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. It is only weakly radioactive ... long radioactive half-life (4.468 billion years for uranium-238, 700 million years for uranium-235)." http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

DU MUNITIONS WIDESPREAD: "between 17 and 20 countries have weapons incorporating depleted uranium in their arsenals ... DU ammunition is manufactured in 18 countries. Only the US and the UK have acknowledged using DU weapons." http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

DU HAS NO ARMS TREATY. "But since weapons containing DU are relatively new weapons no treaty exists yet to regulate, limit or prohibit its use. Some states and the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, a coalition of more than 155 non-governmental organizations, have asked for a ban." http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

DU TOXICITY "in addition to being weakly radioactive, uranium is a toxic metal, although less toxic than other heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury ... its long half-life. The chemical toxicity of depleted uranium is about a million times greater in vitro than its radiological hazard." http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

DOMESTIC USES OF DU. "Consumer product uses have included incorporation into dental porcelain, used for false teeth to simulate the fluorescence of natural teeth, and uranium-bearing reagents used in chemistry laboratories." http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

DU STORAGE. "About 95% of the depleted uranium ... is stored ... in steel cylinders in open air yards close to enrichment plants. Each ... up to 12.7 tonnes of UF6. In the U.S. alone, 560,000 tonnes of depleted UF6 had accumulated by 1993. In 2005, 686,500 tonnes in 57,122 storage cylinders" at three US locations. http://lnkd.in/dyTaBUC View in LinkedIn

GRISLY CATALOGUE OF MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN. http://lnkd.in/dKZdVjF View in LinkedIn