Is it true that the release of DEPLETED URANIUM can pollute land&water for decades?

Question

And that the US is currenttly by far the largest user of DEPLETED URANIUM, along with France; China; Greece; India; Israel; Iraq; Jordan; Kuwait; Oman; Pakistan; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan; Turkey; United Kingdom.
So what moral do those countrys have to prevent the use of pot claiming that it`s unhealthy?

http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/9.html

Answer 1

Just about anything can be considered as a 'pollutant.'

The question you should be asking is this: "Is there any actual evidence that the use of DU has caused pollution?"

The fact is that the claims against DU are mostly hot air. In fact they can be regarded as funny by people who have had a college level physics and chemistry class.

Answer 2

The idiots that put that together have no clue. 1, it's not depeleted uranium, it's depleted plutonium very different element. 2. The radiation (if any) isn't sufficient to do harm to the environment. You would need a warehouse full of nothing but depleted plutonium to cause minimal harm. The use of depleted plutonium is in large calibre rounds. 20mm and higher and only for armor piercing use becuase of it's higher density than lead.

Answer 3

Actually, there is no hard evidence that depleted uranium poses a health risk. It is only speculation that soldiers and civilians have been harmed by depleted uranium. Evidence from the first Gulf War shows that soldiers routinely using those shells did not have health problems from the shells.

Answer 4

You are correct in saying that the weapons mentioned can fire
DU rounds The thing is, no one uses them any more so what's
your point.

Oh! That's right, I almost forgot, you want them to make Marijuana legal..

News of the day, fella. It would probably be legal if people like
you hadn't abused it.

And don't go saying that the movie "Refer Madness" had
anything to do with it. The movie wasn't made until the year
after it was made illegal.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and have a nice day.

Thank you very much, while you're up!!

Answer 5

yes, depleted uraniam is a consistent health risk and it is considered 'hot' for several decades, and even then it still is 'warm' which means taht its radiation is greater than the surronding radiation or backround radiation. all I know I have told, Hope it helps!

Answer 6

uranium 223 tastes great on arbys chicken salad sandwich!!!

Answer 7

we stopped using that stuff decades ago.

We use Wolfram and Magnesium now.