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After swiftly changing the subject Mr. IQ wrote:
READ THIS ARTICLE ABOUT DEPLTED URANIUM USED IN BUNKER BUSTING BOMBS:
Surfer, forget it. It's like bouncing a ball off a wall here.
After swiftly changing the subject Mr. IQ wrote:
So we have to attack Saddam because of silly mustard gas and nerve agents? What about the U.S. and depleted Uranium? Surely someone should attack us for that, no?
U-238 is a radioactive metal that produces alpha and beta particles. In its solid form, it is not particularly dangerous because its half-life is 4.5 billion years, meaning that the atomic decay is very slow. Depleted uranium is used, for example, in boats and airplanes as ballast.
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