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The texts Parliament has voted on, concerning the ‘dangers of the use of depleted uranium in weapons’, confine themselves, as did their predecessors of two years ago, to repeating accusations that lack any basis in fact or scientific credibility. These texts distort the problems and damage the credibility of our parliamentary institution.
Depleted uranium, which is present in many devices all around us, does not pose any danger of radioactive contamination, and is even used to provide protection from radiation. The danger of chemical contamination, especially during combustion, is indeed high and hence the justification for the protection advised by western military manuals available on the Internet. In any event, when dormant in nature, depleted uranium is no more dangerous than the lead in hunting cartridges or in water pipes.
The use of plutonium/mox’ or other nuclear waste to replace depleted uranium, should indeed be subject to careful scrutiny. The presence of uranium 236 in blood tests of soldiers who served in Kosovo – as one newspaper has claimed – could indicate that this is the case.
This is what the European Parliament should be discussing and investigating, instead of adopting declarations that are nothing more than demonstrations of prejudice and ignorance, from which I feel forced to distance myself."@en1
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