Depleted Uranium for Dinner

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Recently an anti-depleted uranium activist stated "If you love DU so much why don't you have it for dinner."

My response: ok. Sure. No problem.

I personally don't "love" depleted uranium, but I do really take offense to having the suffering of those in war zones exploited for the purpose of getting attention for claims not supported by science.

Depleted Uranium is a material with a toxicity comparable to lead and less than numerous common materials. It's radiotoxicity is very low and it has been used in numerous applications for some time.

Recently, the anti-science movement has taken up depleted uranium as a rallying point. Due to the unpopularity of the war in Iraq, the opportunity to blur the line between legitimate pacifism and opposition to science allows activists to cash in on emotions and to exploit the suffering of those in wartorn areas.

The claim is that it causes birth defects, cancer and other health problems. The fact is that there is zero evidence of this despite scientific study. All indications are that it has no affect on humans beyond some mild toxicity which can result in kidney and neurological problems - but only IF YOU EAT IT. And lots of it at that.

For more info see www.depletedcranium.com

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[alowlyapprentice]

The issues is U236. Really you need to do more research. There are 3 isotopes left over from DU munitions after their are exploded. Not just U238 We don't go around blowing up car batteries and lightbulbs. The issue is that we are blowing up DU. You argument has many holes in it. The epidemiological evidence proves you wrong. The numbers just prove you wrong. You are a fool.

[DrBuzz0]

@alowlyapprentice U-236??? there's no U-236 in depleted uranium.  U-236 only exists in tiny amounts in highly irradiated fuel as the result of U-235 occasionally absorbing a neutron and not fissioning. Please check your facts.

[xsyar]

Steve, You obviously know a lot about kemestry and physics. Ordinary people like me dont make a big thing about what we know and make a fool out of ourself. If you are trying to prove DU is harmless, dont eat on the plate, run a DU missile on a car and BREATH the dust. Then we can see if just YOU can stand it or you are a lucky immune person.

[DrBuzz0]

Blow up a car with a missile of ANY kind and then breathe the dust and you'll be choking and coughing. ANY metallic dust is going to be nasty if you huff it. That's why you wear a damn dust mask when you sand stuff. DU dust is not really any worse than many other forms of dust.

Yes, most of it will settle out of the air pretty fast and any left behind gets diluted.

I'd much rather breathe in depleted uranium dust than something like beryllium.

[PHenry500]

Go ahead and do it then. Tell that to the 172,000 vets a year coming home with lung cancer. DU IS RADIOACTIVE.

"40% less than uranium."  wow, that's still @##$%#$ing radioactive.

[DrBuzz0]

@PHenry500 Radioactive? Yes, but not very. Substitute salt and bananas are radioactive. Uranium is slightly radioactive.

[tpatrickwalsh]

Fantastic video! Even though I have a physics degree, and have even worked in a nuclear fusion lab for a spell, I had no idea DU was so harmless. I'd heard reports on the use of depleted uranium in armor penetrators and was actually bothered. Well that's one less thing to worry about. And you did a great job of explaining things clearly for non-scientists. Well done.

[jpsalsman]

(2) the difference in gastrointestinal clearance, which is almost total vs. inhalation exposure, which over a period of months releases the entire burden into the bloodstream; (3) the teratological properties of uranyl toxicity; and much more.

[hslot4]

Ok the biggest idiot award goes tooooo and btw FAT BOY STOP STUFFING YOUR YAP ITS GROSE AND SHOWS LACK IN THE WAY YOU BEEN RAISED.

DIDNT MOMMY TELL YOU NOT TO TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL

[vengencefrom1979]

what a total fucking asshole.

[1e1m1o]

you made me want macncheese!



[roflex2]

@AssisBest It gets hot via its density or weight which is what he says.

[PHenry500]

@DrBuzz0 Well, then, I guess you don't bother reading any science. There's plenty. I'd link you one, but YouTube won't let you do links.

[Kamikuru77]

@xsyar It's actually called chemistry dumbass

[clemzzz]

@PHenry500 , you have radioactive potassium in your body , if you are so scared of radioactivity , don't eat so many bananas....

Basically radioactivity is all around you NATURALLY

Radioactivity is NOT a MAN MADE INVENTION it's part of nature.. if you bothered to learn basic science you wouldn't be so ignorant spreading misinformation

[AssisBest]

Since this comment is no longer visible I thought I would re-post it:

Your facts are so screwed up, you probably didn't even follow the recipe right for that crappy dinner you ate.

DU is heavy and SOFT, not hard. It fractures when entering stuff and works by heat, not hardness. Even the damn Army training videos tell you that.

This moron should go to Iraq and get himself poisoned by this stuff. Might help him lose some weight.