Britain said it would supply armour piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine to help destroy Russian tanks, a step President Vladimir Putin said would force a response from Moscow as the weapons had 'a nuclear component'.
There has been much study of - and controversy about - the effects of exposure to depleted uranium weapons, especially in the battlefields where such munitions were used in the 1990-1991 Gulf War and in the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
States such as the United States and Britain say depleted uranium is a good tool for destroying a modern tank. Britain says inWHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SAY? Studies of soldiers have shown that the veterans "show a small increase in mortality rates, but this excess is due to accidents rather than disease," the IAEA said. "This cannot be linked to any exposures to DU."report on the impact of depleted uranium on Serbia and Montenegro found "no significant, widespread contamination".
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