Fwd: Depleted Uranium: The Rest of the Story

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>Subject: Depleted Uranium: The Rest of the Story

>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:45:01 -0500

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>By D. Kozaryn

>American Forces Press Service

>

>WASHINGTON -- There's more to the story on depleted uranium

>than what people saw on the CBS news program " 60 Minutes, "

>says Bernard D. Rostker, head of DoD's office on Gulf War

>Illness.

>

>The U.S. armed forces first used depleted uranium munitions

>and armor in combat during the Gulf War. A " 60 Minutes "

>broadcast, aired Dec. 26, 1999, focused on the military's

>failure to train service members on the substance commonly

>known as 'DU.'

>

>The U.S. military uses depleted uranium in armor-piercing

>tank rounds and as armor because of its extreme hardness.

>Depleted uranium is about 40 percent less radioactive than

>natural uranium.

>

>During a recent interview with American Forces Information

>Service, Rostker acknowledged that this failure resulted in

>some service members receiving excess exposure. He pointed

>out, however, that " 60 Minutes " did not focus on whether or

>not those exposures have proven to be harmful.

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