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Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But Depleted uranium isn't enriched uranium.

You're lying.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago

depleted uranium is a radioactive carcinogen, and linked to substantial increases in birth defects and cancer in Iraq

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who said it was? It's still an environmental contaminant, a carcinogen, and linked to a rise in birth defects after its use in Iraq

It's use will have consequences far outside of the conflict and ruin the lives of who knows how many people who had absolutely no say in this war and I'm supposed to cheer it on?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but why are you upset about this particular heavy metal as opposed to all the others involved in weapons?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The op is specifically about depleted uranium but hey, if you want to make the case that we shouldn't be sending weapons to Ukraine in the first place I'm not going to argue against it shrug-outta-hecks