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{{See also|Dirty nuke}}
{{See also|Dirty nuke}}
"Depleted" Uranium is one of the densest materials known to man; As such, the United States uses it for bullets and tank armor. According to the [[World Health Organization]], normal civil or military use of depleted uranium is unlikely to lead to serious health problems. However, depleted uranium remains nonetheless a weakly radioactive, and chemically toxic metal.<ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050724094117.htm</ref><ref>http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/depletedu/health/index.cfm</ref><ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/</ref>
"Depleted" Uranium is one of the densest materials known to man; As such, the United States uses it for bullets and tank armor. According to the [[World Health Organization]], normal civil or military use of depleted uranium is unlikely to lead to serious health problems. However, depleted uranium remains nonetheless a weakly radioactive, and chemically toxic metal.<ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050724094117.htm</ref><ref>http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/depletedu/health/index.cfm</ref><ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/</ref>
The Fallujah Study conduct ed in [[Iraq]] between 2005 - 2010 after the American use of depleted uranium artillery shells there found [[leukemia]] increased 38 times, the instance of brain tumors increased 13 times, [[lymphoma]] increased 10 times, and [[cancer]] in children 10.5 times.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/mines-depleted-uranium-and-important Mines, Depleted Uranium, and Important Addendums], Simplicius The Thinker, March 26, 2023.</ref>
==World Production (2010)<ref>http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html</ref>==
==World Production (2010)<ref>http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html</ref>==