Depleted Uranium is a by-product of enriched uranium, 1.7 times more dense than lead, and favored for armor-piercing weaponry.

After striking a solid object (such as a tank) it erupts into a burning vapor, which settles as poisonous and radioactive dust.

Many veterans of the Gulf War and the Kosovo conflict claim illness from Depleted Uranium residue, and several cases of death by leukemia among former troops in those arenas have been reported in the European press.

The Gulf War ended February 28, 1991 and the Pentagon, United Kingdom, and United Nations continue to deny that DU weapons produce ill effects in troops.

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