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In rec.crafts.metalworking Digby Millikan wrote:
Depleted uranium is radioactive and anyone uncovering a shell made from it
gets radioactive poisoning, bad stuff...


Depleted uranium is a mild alpha emitter. Your skin will stop the alpha
particles. Breathing in particles of DU is a different matter, but just
picking one up is not likely to cause a problem.
 
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