Some other reports on the subject: Seattle PI Rolling Stone Scott Peterson reported the following in the 1999 Middle East Journal: "How likely, then, is DU to cause health problems? The answer depends on who you ask. Atomic scientists calculate that each alpha particle can break hundreds of thousands of molecular bonds. There is no shortage of this energy: Every gram of DU produces 12,000 alpha particles per second." In the same article, Ron Kathren, academic and radiation expert cited on the issue at jsong123's http://www.hps.org tries to downplay the theoretical health risks posed by DU but is contradicted by other …
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