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John Barnard wrote:
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Carter-K8VT wrote:
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DU does not atomize.

That was the original thinking. Studies have since shown that DU
particles become small enough to become wind borne and have been found
up to 25 miles from the impact site.

Recent research suggests that the particles of DU
when pulverized by such actions a armor impacts are too large to be
retained in the human body for any appreciable time and will be
rejected. If so, there is little or no danger that DU will build up in
a human even with repeated exposures.

Also not true. The latest studies *have* found significant amounts of DU
retained in humans.

This is someting I've been trying to follow. Can you offer a poiner to
a study or a sory about it?

Failing that, do you know how long between exposure and measuring the
DU in the system?

This may help with what you want:

Biokinetic modeling of uranium in man after injection and ingestion
Radiat Environ Biophys. 2005 May;44(1):29-40. Epub 2005 Apr 14

The original subject was how the DU gets from our bullets buried deep
in the sands of the desert to the innards of humans. He wanted to know
how long it takes from the bullet hitting the sand to the DU appearing
in some humans' innards. You listed an article whose title alone tells
us it's not relevant.

As simply as I can phrase the question: how does the DU get from the
bullet deep in the sand of Iraq to the innards of humans?

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