Article: U.S.: Depleted uranium no health risk.

Article: U.S.: DEPLETED URANIUM NO HEALTH RISK
United Press International;  January 4, 2001 ;     645 words ... ... moratorium at this stage," Bacon said. "From our standpoint, depleted uranium saves lives of soldiers," Bacon said, by making anti-armor ... the dust away, according to Bacon Depleted uranium does pose a radiation hazard ...

Article: EUROPEAN NATIONS CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON THE USE DEPLETED ...
United Press International;  January 5, 2001 ;     632 words ... ... Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said at a news conference ... illness and exposure to depleted uranium." The United States ... face masks where depleted uranium dust may be present ... away, according to Bacon Depleted uranium does pose a radiation ...

Article: European nations call for moratorium on the use depleted ...
United Press International;  January 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said at a news conference ... illness and exposure to depleted uranium." The United States ... face masks where depleted uranium dust may be present ... away, according to Bacon Depleted uranium does pose a radiation ...

Article: Health Hazard Denied in Depleted-Uranium Arms
The Washington Post;  January 5, 2001 ;     402 words ... ... illnesses and exposure to depleted uranium," said Kenneth H. Bacon, chief spokesman ... Bosnia. Because depleted uranium is extremely dense ... very effectively. Bacon said 31,000 rounds of depleted-uranium munitions were fired ...

Article: U.S. Pentagon: Peacekeepers Face No Health Risk From ...
Xinhua News Agency;  January 4, 2001 ;     388 words ... ... weapons containing depleted uranium. "We have not ... and exposure to depleted uranium," said Defense ... spokesman Kenneth Bacon. "We're pretty ... direct link," Bacon asserted. The ... about whether depleted uranium exposure may ...

Article: Depleted Uranium Penetrators-New Class of ...
Peacework;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... radioactive, antitank weapons, made from depleted uranium (DU), was used extensively in the ... environment. More than 900,000 rounds of depleted uranium penetrators were fired in the Gulf ... leaving 600,000 pounds of radioactive depleted uranium debris and dust. "When a ...

Article: Pentagon: Depleted Uranium No Health Risk
AP Online;  March 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 00-0000 Dateline: WASHINGTON Depleted uranium contained in some weapons the United ... service said Iraqi officials are blaming depleted uranium rounds fired during the 1991 Gulf ... said at a Pentagon news conference. Depleted uranium is the hard, heavy metal created ...