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[Zuni]

I read of studies done on people who actually got shot with a DU round or had some shrapnel in them---none developed cancer.

I just do not buy all the horror stories about DU---there are far too many other forms of carcinogens and chemical toxins in Southern iraq during the 1980s and the gulf War for me to believe that DU was the main cause of the health problems.

DU is toxic, and is a low grade radioactive substance. It could be dangerous and should be cleaned up ASAP--and tests and monitoring of possible victims of DU poisoning should be done. DU should be shelved until definitive studies of it's potential toxcity are better known--but many studies say that DU is not as dangerous as made out, including by the World Health Organization, the European Union, The US Government and several independent studies.

I have noticed that the main doctors who condemn DU use all happen to be very left wing, or associated with very left wing organizations. If DU was such a problem, wouldn't we see conservative doctors coming out against it?