A thought came to mind, about an unintentional human experiment that may reveal its true results years down the road. This is for all of the current and future military physicians and servicemen to think about, and perhaps some of you already know. The use of depleted uranium in ammunitions may lead to detrimental results later on, for both the environment and people who are exposed. I just wanted to say, if you are a current soldier, please take precautions handling the depleted uranium ammunitions.
Currently there are data for and against increased risk of cancer or other damages that may occur, especially in the kidney:
Juan Gonzalez, the co-host of democracy now! did some outstanding reporting on DU. It was with a military police national guard unit out of New York (www.democracynow.org). The camp that they were at was so contaminated the Belgian military refused to use it.