Review of Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat

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Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat, Committee on Toxicology, National Research Council
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Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Summary	1-8	(skim)
1 Introduction and Technical Background	9-17	(skim)
2 Toxicokinetics of Depleted Uranium	18-25	(skim)
3 Toxic Effects of Uranium on the Kidneys	26-42	(skim)
4 Toxic Effects of Uranium on the Lungs	43-47	(skim)
5 Toxic Effects of Uranium on Other Organ Systems	48-65	(skim)
6 Radiologic Effects of Depleted Uranium	66-85	(skim)
7 Uranium Carcinogenicity and Genotoxicity	86-95	(skim)
8 Evaluation of the Army's Capstone Report	96-123	(skim)
References	124-140	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat	141-145	(skim)
Appendix B: Risk of Selected Cancers and Nonmalignant Diseases in Uranium Workers	146-154	(skim)

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Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure to depleted uranium that is aerosolized during combat. Some think it may be responsible for illnesses in exposed veterans and civilians. These concerns led the Army to commission a book, Depleted Uranium Aerosol Doses and Risks: Summary of U.S. Assessments, referred to as the Capstone Report that evaluates the health risks associated with depleted uranium exposure. This National Research Council book reviews the toxicologic, radiologic, epidemiologic, and toxicokinetic data on depleted uranium, and assesses the Army's estimates of health risks to personnel exposed during and after combat. The book recommends that the Army re-evaluate the basis for some of its predictions about health outcomes at low levels of exposure, but, overall, the Capstone Report was judged to provide a reasonable characterization of the exposure and risks from depleted uranium.

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