The hazards of using depleted uranium in armour-piercing munitions and as
ballast in aircraft are to be investigated by Britain’s Royal Society. Gulf War
veterans claim that the dust formed when depleted uranium burns causes cancers
and other diseases, but this is rejected by the US and British governments
(New ¾«¶«´«Ã½, 5 June 1999, p 20).
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