• ActuallyASeal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Pretty much what the article says.

    The alpha radiation that DU emits is not strong enough to penetrate human skin, so just being near depleted uranium is not a health risk. But it may become a health hazard if it is ingested or inhaled, or shrapnel fragments are retained in the body.

    It’s really just one more hazard a former battlefield can have. If I was in or around a former battlefield that had DU rounds used, I would be more concerned about unexploded high explosives.

    • fubo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don’t wanna inhale lead vapors either. Let’s try to avoid having wars.