Alpha particles is the primary radiation produced by depleted uranium and guess what.......it's blocked by your skin....and if you don't have skin you have bigger problems to worry about. Beta particles are blocked by most clothing
God, you're such a fucking tool. If you had ANY scientific education whatsoever, you'd realize what horseshit this is. Have you ever heard of Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment? I suggest you read up on it, it was a landmark in the development of atomic theory. Basically, it worked on the principle that any subatomic particle can penetrate virtually everything, including ten-foot thick walls of lead. However, the incidence of atomic nuclei present a diminished probability of penetration as the amount of transient matter increases. In other words, IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DECLARE THAT ALL PARTICLES ARE BLOCKED BY CLOTHING OR SKIN.
Here, you're a drone of the airline industry, so maybe this will sound familiar. I don't know if this is still in the air, but in the 70s it was considered a pilot's occupational hazzard that he was in a higher layer of the atmosphere for prolonged periods of time, and therefore subject to exposure to your beloved alpha and beta particles emitted by the sun. THESE THINGS PENETRATE THE STEEL LINING OF THE AIRCRAFT CABIN. There was some talk of putting in lead ceilings to
eleviate this risk, but I don't know if that was ever carried out.
But, yeah. The moral is that brief exposure to small quantities of DU is statistically improbable, but not impossible, to cause free radicals or otherwise wreak havoc on one's physiology. HOWEVER, contact with high quantities of DU, or even prolonged exposure to a small amount (such as having it stuck within one's anatomy, as often happens in war), presents a sizable concern. So much so that only a fucking twat would dismiss the ethical concerns of using such an abommination.
Ronnie, you once again demonstrate that the only thing you can do is regurgitate bullshit fed to you by Republican mouthpieces. As far as science goes, I bet you still think there's such a thing as "Creation Science."