No need to get personal there, Teribus. I read the contents of the link. And I need to look at some more sites before I feel that I can debate effectively on this subject. My point in my last post was only that if it were safe there would be no guidlines for maximum exposure. And it was to illustrate my point that I chose the part I did to copy/paste.

Here's some more guidelines that support my contention (that the WHO does not say DU is safe):

"Following conflict, levels of DU contamination in food and drinking water might be detected in affected areas even after a few years. This should be monitored where it is considered there is a reasonable possibility of significant quantities of DU entering the ground water or food chain.

Where justified and possible, clean-up operations in impact zones should be undertaken if there are substantial numbers of radioactive projectiles remaining and where qualified experts deem contamination levels to be unacceptable. If high concentrations of DU dust or metal fragments are present, then areas may need to be cordoned off until removal can be accomplished. Such impact sites are likely to contain a variety of hazardous materials, in particular unexploded ordnance. Due consideration needs to be given to all hazards, and the potential hazard from DU kept in perspective.

Small children could receive greater exposure to DU when playing in or near DU impact sites. Their typical hand-to-mouth activity could lead to high DU ingestion from contaminated soil. Necessary preventative measures should be taken.

Disposal of DU should follow appropriate national or international recommendations."

Again, I say, if it was safe, there would be no such guidelines. I'm guessing that the WHO has no guidelines for the safe limits of exposure to milk, for instance, which we generally acknowledge to be safe.

Your contention is that DU is safe. You posted an article that quoted the World Health Organization as saying it is safe. In no part of the page I posted by the WHO, including the part of it that you copy/pasted, does it even remotely say that DU is safe. You're obfuscating, Teribus, and you're using obfuscation to try to prove that an apple is an orange. That's your most frequently used debating tactic here in the Mudcat. Unfortunately for you, obfuscation only works on lazy thinkers, so it isn't terribly effective here.