[ RadSafe ] Tungsten; birth defects

[Steven Dapra]

Jan. 29

         You have not been following the literature on tungsten.  If you 
had you would know that it is not nearly as effective a weapon as is 
depleted uranium.  When tungsten goes through armor (or tries to go through 
it) it forms a mushroom head and doesn't travel very far.  DU is 
self-sharpening --- it maintains a point --- and it is pyrophoric as well.

         Have you been following the literature on birth 
defects?  Yesterday you wrote, "The fact remains that the number of birth 
defects in the children of combat-deployed male U.S. and U.K. 1991 Gulf War 
troops has been rising sharply, from 180% above the non-combat troops from 
the same era in 2000, to 220% in 2003."

         I asked you, "What is the primary source material for your 180% 
and 220% figures?  Not Power Point or slide shows, PRIMARY source material."

         Instead of telling us how much you allegedly know about tungsten, 
why don't you substantiate your claim about alleged increases in birth 
defects?

Steven Dapra
sjd at swcp.com



At 09:27 PM 1/28/07 -0800, James Salsman wrote:
>Colonel Daxon wrote:
>
>>You have not been following the literature on tungsten.
>
>Indeed I have, and if I were a soldier, I would prefer to put myself
>in harm's way down the road instead of my children.  Are the solders
>you know so brave as to risk their kids instead of themselves?
>
>Sincerely,
>James Salsman