On Jan 7, 8:26 pm, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom Adams wrote:
> > Here's a rebuttal:
>
> >http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=31466
>
> I couldn't help but laugh at this:
>
> "While it is true that depleted uranium is low in radioactivity, it
> constitutes a carcinogenic element, highly dangerous to human health,"
> Lhomme told Tierramérica. "If that weren't the case, the world's armies
> wouldn't use it as material to manufacture lethal weapons."
>
> Does he really think that the reason why depleted uranium is used in
> armour-piercing weapons is to give the enemy cancer?
>
> Of course steel is also highly dangerous to human health, when taken in
> the form of a firm blow by a heavy hammer to the back of the skull :-)
>
> (Note I'm not really meaning to debate how carcinogenic DU is or whether
> its transport is justified/safe, just pointing out how silly the
> quotation is.)
>
> James
Makes one wonder about some of the other claims. The one claim that
does seem credible (given other sources) is that contracting with
Russia for reprocessing has the side effect of making the Russians
responsible for the waste from reprocessing. Puts a little tarnish on
the French image.
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