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A Double-Edged Weapon
Controversy grows over depleted uranium, an armament whose side-effects may harm soldier and civilian alike
Sasa Stankovic AFP
A technician of the Institute for Physics in Belgrade holds a 30mm depleted uranium shell. Used in munitions for its devastating penetration power, depleted uranium vaporizes on impact creating a dust which may cause cancer and other illnesses when inhaled or ingested