Carol C:

Thanks for your posting above on the hazards of depleted uranium fragments. It's probably true that this ammunition is not designed to explode into shrapnel but if it causes a M-1 tank to blow up I would think there would be a cloud of debris.

The article I posted from the Los Angeles Times was written by "Susanna Hecht is a professor in the School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA. She is head of the environmental analysis and policy program." I don't know what academic qualifications Teribus has but Susanna should know what she is talking about. My own academic qualifications are in the field of urban geography, at the doctoral level, but my reservations about the hazards of low-level radiation comes from over 15 years of working with community groups concerned with nuclear power plants and nuclear waste dumps.

Charley Noble