Originally Posted by: R. Shackleferd

Meh, I don't buy it. It's very name is descriptive of it's nature...depleted uranium. Natural uranium is a common element already found throughout the earth's crust being in rocks, soil, and water. And no special care is needed to mine and transport the ores as it's level of radioactivity is negligible. But from there they can increase the ratios of the radioactive isotopes to higher percentages to make reactor/weapons grade uranium...what's left is the depleted uranium metal. So, natural uranium is perfectly safe and...well...natural...while depleted uranium has even less radioactivity than that. I think people just hear the word uranium and associate it with the enriched form.

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Thats, true, its not as dangerous as Uranium (about 40% less I believe) and we get it from the ground. But since they stockpile all the vehicles in one spot, the DU is more concentrated and that will make it easier for people to develop health problems from it.