Depleted Uranium

After 5 years of assessing possible DU exposures in 2500 US Service members who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, it appears that the only definitive means of experiencing a meaningful exposure to DU is through DU metal fragments entering one's body. This usually occurs as a result of a DU weapon striking an armored vehicle.
DU must be taken into the body to be a potential health hazard. Some service members have been exposed to very small amounts of DU dust particles when they occupied vehicles hit by DU munitions, rescued occupants from those vehicles or performed other operational duties involving damaged, contaminated vehicles (equip removal, repair, salvage, etc). In such cases, low level exposures may have occurred when breathing air containing DU dust or transferring DU dust from contaminated surfaces to the mouth or to open wounds. In nearly all cases, the small amount of DU Dust that enters the body is cleared rapidly that by the time people are tested for exposure to the DU dust, it is no longer detectable even at very low levels.
(page 12), DEPLETED URANIUM & EXPOSURE

** Thank you to M.L.Miller who gave me the info**

Book written by Vietnam Vets

Hey I just got hold of a book via a good friend who was over there. Its called Vietnam: Our Story, One on One..by Gary D Gullickson who was USMC 67-70…c/w in 1991 by VV Publishing….I havent read it yet but will start tonight, I was wondering if any VETS out there had read this and what u thought about it…and if this book is totally accurate or your opinion on this and any other war…etc u want to share….Look forward to all comments….This is our very first blog for our Paper and to promote our facebook page THE SOUTH AUGUSTA SENTINEL…Dedicated to all VETS & SOLDIERS!!!! HOOAH!