Sending Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine: Ignoring the Impact on Military, Health, and Environment by the US
The Biden administration has approved the provision of depleted uranium shells to Ukraine for use in the M1A1 Abrams tanks that will be sent there. The move follows Britain’s delivery of tanks equipped with depleted-uranium shells to Ukraine. Although depleted uranium (DU) munitions are not nuclear weapons and do not cause nuclear explosions, exposure to …