RE: Depleted Uranium and Leukemia

["Robinson, Thomas MR" <RobinsoT@WOOD.ARMY.MIL>]

Thanks Ed,
	I'm so tired of the DU hear say, I'm glad at least some one knows
the real facts.
	Again thanks Doc.

Thomas Robinson, Jr.
Deputy Director, ERBRL
Chief, Tactical Radiation Division
(573) 596-0131 ext 36210
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-----Original Message-----
From: RadSafeInst@cs.com [mailto:RadSafeInst@cs.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 5:40 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Depleted Uranium and Leukemia


In a message dated 01/05/2001 11:42:26 PM Central Standard Time, 
bcradsafers@hotmail.com writes: yada, yada, yada.

We keep hearing this CRAP about depleted Uranium from Scientific Geniuses
who 
probably don't even know what "Depleted Uranium" is!!!!! One proof is people

who wave a Geiger counter around in the air; when DU is an alpha emitter! As

all of you know, it has roughly 7 Gammas (low energy and rarely emitted),
two 
major alphas of about 4 MeV energy which matter, but are easily stopped if 
not ingested/inhaled, and five Betas (0.1 to 2.3 MeV). It takes 3 tons to 
produce even one Curie of emission! Several reports have shown there is no 
serious radiation risk (this is also self-evident), but it is quite a hazard

(nephrotoxin) as is any heavy metal (pure toxicity),like lead etc. etc. etc.

It's time we dumped these "ambulance chasers".         Ed Battle
p.s. Next time I'll tell you how I really feel about this.
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