"Alarming": Biden to Supply Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine Despite Contamination Risks [Democracy Now!]
Democracy Now! news clip containing info about Uranium weapons already in Ukraine (supplied by the UK), as well as info about Uranium weapons used in the past (in Iraq), and the effects of their use.
Yes, it is. Inhalation of vaporized heavy metals, let alone vaporized heavy metals that emit alpha particles.
Like, putting aside all of the politics of this, that is why birth defects in Iraq are so fucking high. DU is not good stuff, if you care about the people using the weapons long term survival.
do you know how lungs react to bullets? have you heard of the red forest? are you aware that the Russian army used (as with clusters) u rounds from the start?
there is also a difference between birth defects around a localized area and just using u rounds sporadically.