[ RadSafe ] DU and other sublimed metals; nano-pathology

[James Salsman]

I think the depleted uranium "nanoparticle" theories are wrong.

About 18% of the DU munitions' particulate combustion products
are less than 0.1 microns wide (J. Glissmeyer et al., "Prototype
Firing Range Air Cleaning System," 18th D.o.E. Nuclear Airborne
Waste Management and Air Cleaning Conference, August 1984), and
such particles are absorbed into the bloodstream in a matter of
a few to a few dozen minutes, even if they are "insoluble":
   http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/105/4/411

However, the nanoparticle researchers claim that uranium burns
at 3000 deg. Celsius, which is needed to explain the aerial
mobilization of other metals that Gatti and others suggest.
In fact, uranium burns in air at about 1400 deg. Celsius, and
doesn't exceed 2700 deg. even in pure oxygen (L. Baker et al.,
"The Ignition of Uranium," Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol.
20 (1966) pp. 22-38, at p. 30.)

Nanoparticle theorists also ignore the chemical toxicity of
uranium, repeating the quaint and wrong claim that uranium
poses only a danger to the kidneys, and try to explain the
deleterious effects solely in terms of radioactivity, which
causes literally a million times less damage to DNA than
the catalytic production of hydroxyl and other radicals --
   http://www.bovik.org/du/Miller-DNA-damage.pdf
-- which is the major mode of uranium chemical toxicity apart
from the kidneys, affecting white blood cells, the reproductive
system, the liver, and the brain.

Sincerely,
James Salsman


Jim Barnes wrote:

> Several months ago, I was forwarded a paper by Dr.
> Antonietta Gatti, who is a researcher in the subject
> of nano-pathology (the effect of sub-micron particles
> on health).  In this particular work Dr. Gatti
> described a technique whereby extremely tiny particles
> of metals (and maybe other materials; I forget) can be
> located and identified at the cellular level.  Because 
> the particles are extremely small, they don't behave 
> as larger particles do, and can quite readily migrate
> throughout the body.  In this application, Dr. Gatti
> was evaluating tumor tissues of individuals living in
> the Balkans (and I believe some Italian soldiers) who
> had purportedly been exposed to DU munitions....
> 
> http://avigolfe.ifrance.com/studies.htm
>....