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2001: IAEA said not to worry. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/properties.pdf
2006: We weren't so sure. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3807504/
2021: Harvard International Review said it creates public-health and social-justice issues. https://hir.harvard.edu/depleted-uranium-devastated-health-military-operations-and-environmental-injustice-in-the-middle-east/

ed: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said, ~3 yrs ago, lingering effects in Basra include economics in agricultural sector and congenital birth defects. Also, because of the power differential between states that use DU weapons and states where they're used, researchers face political struggles when they try to fund studies or publish results indicating negative consequences of DU exposure. https://thebulletin.org/2020/07/war-and-the-environment/

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