"Tamas Feher" wrote in message
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Hello,

Uranium is a heavy metal similar in toxicity
to lead and cadmium and is used in
glassmaking and pottery for colouring.

Uranium is unique, because it burns at high temperatures and turns into
a smoke-like very fine dust.

This is not unique

This dust goes deep into your lungs while
you breathe and causes cancer due to a combination of radiation and
chemical toxicity.


In fact cancer due to Uranium ingestion requires heavy exposures
the IDLH of Uranium is 10 mg /m3 , about the same as Cadmium and
Nickel.



This does not happen with tungsten (wolfram) or lead.


Cadmium with similar toxicity to uranium is also pyrophoric
when finely divided as are many metals. Cadmium is a
known carcinogen

Question: is there any shooting range inside the CONUS with live DU
pratice?

Regards: Tamas Feher.


Yes, Aberdeen proving grounds and Yuma at a minimum.

Keith