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The use of depleted uranium (DU) in munitions is controversial because of questions about potential long-term health effects. [4] [5] [31] Normal functioning of the kidney, brain, liver, heart, and numerous other systems can be affected by uranium exposure, because uranium is a toxic metal. [2]
Early studies of depleted uranium aerosol exposure assumed that uranium combustion product particles would quickly settle out of the air [113] and thus could not affect populations more than a few kilometers from target areas, [7] and that such particles, if inhaled, would remain undissolved in the lung for a great length of time and thus could ...
There is some evidence that long-term exposure to high doses of DU can cause other health problems that are unrelated to GWS. [9] Since 2011, US combat veterans may claim disability compensation for health problems related to exposure to depleted uranium. [41] The Veterans Administration decides these claims on a case-by-case basis. [citation ...
Radiation poisoning, also called "radiation sickness" or a "creeping dose", is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period, though this also has occurred with long-term exposure to low-level radiation.
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed to high amounts of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. [1]
Radioactive contamination was found on empty land close to a residential building, with estimated dose exposure about 148 mSv/h. [93] Depleted uranium and an empty cylinder was also found in two houses in the same neighborhood. The owner was known to be a retired BATAN (National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia) employee. [94]
The main risk of exposure to depleted uranium is chemical poisoning by uranium oxide rather than radioactivity (uranium being only a weak alpha emitter). During the later stages of World War II , the entire Cold War , and to a lesser extent afterwards, uranium-235 has been used as the fissile explosive material to produce nuclear weapons.
This can be done by wearing a dust mask, and wearing a suit to cover the entire body. Note that exposure to smoke at the same time as radon and radon daughters will increase the harmful effect of the radon. In uranium miners radon has been found to be more carcinogenic in smokers than in non-smokers. [3] The radium or uranium series.