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2023-03-24 00:50:13 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Cancer has not been observed as a result of depleted uranium exposure. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/uranium/pathogenic_changes.html In theory, the increased risk of cancer is a fraction of that expected from background radiation. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/properties.pdf Studies on the impact of depleted uranium rounds showed it had no clear impact on birth defects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492088/

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• Cancer has not been observed as a result of depleted uranium exposure. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/uranium/pathogenic_changes.html In theory, the increased risk of cancer is a fraction of that expected from background radiation. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/properties.pdf Studies on the impact of depleted uranium rounds showed it had no clear impact on birth defects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492088/