samma...@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/20/00 8:10:16 PM Central Daylight Time, > mdud...@execonn.com writes: > > << They were made from depleated uranium. It is about as radioactive as lead. > A banana has more activity. > > Marshall > >> > > http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/appeal.htm > > exerpt > > Communities near DU weapons plants, testing facilities, bases and arsenals > have also been exposed to this radioactive material which has a half-life of > 4.4 billion years. DU-weapons are deployed with U.S. troops in Bosnia. The > spreading toxicity of depleted uranium threatens life everywhere. > > DU weapons are not conventional weapons. They are highly toxic, radioactive > weapons. All international law on warfare has attempted to limit violence to > combatants and to prevent the use of cruel and unfocused weapons. > International agreements and conventions have tried to protect civilians and > non-combatants from the scourge of war and to outlaw the destruction of the > environment and the food supply in order to safeguard life on earth.
I have checked and I admit I was wrong. It is not as radioactive as the potassium 40 in a banana (about 1/4 as much), but it is a long half life heavy metal. U238 is an alpha. beta and X-Ray emitter. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
