[ RadSafe ] uranium solubility and acute and chronic exposures on the Russia-Georgia border

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 10:14 PM 8/10/2008, James Salsman wrote:
>Were both sides using DU in this conflict?  I'd like to see a
>watershed map of Europe and Asia and concentrations in the adjacent
>sea and sand.
>
>A single dose of uranyl can result in reproductive toxicity, so the
>effect is not limited to chronic exposure.
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August 11, 2008

As with all things, "The dose makes the poison."

Uranium is a feeble poison so that  very large internal doses of the 
most soluble forms are required to elicit toxic effects. The very low 
toxicity of uranium in nature is well known.


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