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30. A MASSIVE Oversimplification There

As you may be aware, there are radioactive substances you can hold in your hand because the type of radiation they emit cannot penetrate your skin, or a piece of paper - but if you get that same stuff into your body, you are DEAD. So calling this or that "less or more" radioactive doesn't really explain the issue.

There are different types of radioactive particles/waves, which themselves can have varying energy-levels. Then there is the matter of what/how it comes onto or INTO the body, and how the particles adhere and where. Other properties of the material should also be considered, such as what particle-size its material becomes upon use in, for example, an artillery shell. This affects how it spreads, how it gets into human beings, water, food, animals, etc.

Some of these factors ALSO concern Dep-Uranium being a toxic heavy-metal, as are other non-radioactive materials used in artillery shells (as you pointed out upthread). A study as to how the use of THOSE may be killing people might ALSO be warranted - but those findings would not excuse Dep-Uranium use.