Sandia completes depleted uranium study
Sandia National Laboratories has completed a two-year study of the potential health effects associated with accidental exposure to depleted uranium (DU) during the 1991 Gulf War. The study, "An Analysis of Uranium Dispersal and Health Effects Using a Gulf War Case Study," performed by Sandia scientist Al Marshall, employs analytical capabilities used by Sandia's National Security Studies D...DU Test Finds UK Troops Uranium Free
A test developed by a team led by a University of Leicester geologist was recently used by the UK government’s Independent Depleted Uranium// Oversight Board to detect exposure of UK troops to depleted uranium (DU) during the 1991 Gulf Conflict. Randall Parrish, Professor of Isotope Geology, developed the test with Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Axel Gerdes, who now works at the University...Depleted Uranium Weapons can Cause Lung Cancer
Researchers at University of Southern Maine in Portland have revealed that Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons may cause cancer, though so far the US government has been denying the possibility. Previous research at the US government's Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico found that people exposed to DU dust were at little extra risk of developing cancers. DU is a den...UK Army Personnel Involved in Iraqi Invasion Not at Risk from Depleted Uranium
Army personnel involved in the Iraqi invasion of 2003 have not absorbed dangerous levels of depleted uranium, finds research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Depleted uranium is used in military combat to pierce armoured vehicles, and spontaneously combusts on impact into fine aerosol particles. These can either be breathed in or eaten/drunk in c...