1. As with most weapons, depleted uranium is not as deadly as its proponents-or its critics-claim. 2. Defence minister Rudolf Scharping is under pressure over the use of weapons containing depleted uranium in the Balkans. 3. Depleted uranium is used in the nose of armour-piercing shells because its density helps it to punch through modern tanks. 4. Depleted uranium is used to make anti-tank shells more deadly, and tank armour less penetrable. 5. Depleted uranium shells used by the Allies are strewn around. 6. Researchers, however, are less concerned about radioactivity than the toxic nature of depleted uranium, a heavy metal. 7. The company manufactures shells tipped with depleted uranium, which have been linked to leukaemia and other cancers. 8. The Royal Society is also conducting research on the effect of depleted uranium on health. 9. Depleted uranium, one of the hardest metals known, is classified as low-level nuclear waste. |
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