"pearl" > wrote:

> > U-238, which is both the depleted AND natural uranium isotope, isn't very fissile and is weakly radioactive. But here's the big
> ugly fly in your ointment: because U-238 isn't fissile
>
> 'What happens when DU round hits a target?
>
> Apart from purely mechanical, DU ammunition has extremely
> dangerous radiological effect on human as well as on environment
> in all.

Bullshit.

> Is toxic impact of DU on human helath more dangerous than
> radiological one?

Yes. The radiological impact is nil -- same as you face on a daily basis from uranium in soil. IT REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT INGESTION OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND, EVEN THEN (AND UNLIKE OTHER HEAVY METALS), AFFECTS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE EXPOSED.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1867138.stm