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Article: Tank crews face cancer risk; Governments who wish to use depleted uranium weapons have a responsibility to understand the possible risks to their own soldiers Professor Brian Spratt.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2001
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Byline: John von Radowitz
Tank crews who survive being hit by a radioactive depleted uranium shell may face twice the normal risk of dying from lung cancer.
A report from the Royal Society said exposure to high levels of depleted uranium (DU) dust on the battlefield could double a soldier's chances of subsequently being killed by lung cancer.
But this would only apply to a very small number of men, such as those who survive inside a vehicle struck by a depleted uranium shell.
For the vast majority of soldiers the lung cancer threat from ...