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To go on a tangent, I am curious whether the effect would be any better with lead ammunition residue instead of DU? I believe that the toxicity of DU comes fro
by MagnumOpus 5y ago
To go on a tangent, I am curious whether the effect would be any better with lead ammunition residue instead of DU?
I believe that the toxicity of DU comes from its properties as a heavy metal, same as lead, rather than from being radioactive. [0]
[0] Chemical DNA damange effect is a million times higher than radiological according to this: https://zenodo.org/record/1259849 https://zenodo.org/record/1259849