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Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Uranium is a very dangerous heavy metal, it just isn't radioactive.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nowhere did I make the claim that it was, that doesn't change a thing

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm replying to the person replying to you

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

My bad, I got the colors of the bars mixed up

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