2006 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Depleted Uranium (DU ) — Chemo- and Radiotoxicity
verfasst von : Albrecht Schott, Richard A. Brand, Joachim Kaiser, Dietmar Schmidt
Erschienen in: Uranium in the Environment
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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DU metal used for civil or military purpose reacts with water, undergoes radiolysis, dissolves and contaminates soil and ground water. DU is pyrophoric and burns on impact (3000°C). DU oxide particles (mainly U
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!) have a diameter of about 1.5 µm to 10 Å; 10 Å particles behave like a gas, carried by the air and travel long distances before they come down. DU is taken up by living organisms. Its α-radiation causes chromosome brakes (CB). A pilot study performed with Gulf War Veterans, originated by one of the authors (AS), did find 5.2 times more CBs on the average, with a maximum of 14 times higher. DU reaches all parts of an organism and leads to chemical and radiological damage.