The use of depleted uranium shells is one of the more toxic scandals in the catastrophe called Iraq.
DU shells and bullets have been used on a huge scale in both desert battlefield locations and in residential areas.
The radioactive dust from the shells is widely beieved by many Iraqis and US military vets to cause a variety of cancers.
There is also deepening concern that this dust is being blown by the winds across the Middle East and beyond. How can their manufacture and use be outlawed
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