The Navy’s Use of Depleted Uranium in America’s Coastal Waters Threatens Humans and Wildlife

‘Earlier this month, Truthout reported that the U.S. Navy is knowingly introducing toxic metals and chemicals into the environment during its war game exercises.
Sheila Murray with the Navy Region Northwest’s public affairs office, when asked what the Navy was doing to mitigate environmental contamination from the large numbers of Depleted Uranium (DU) rounds it left on the seabed off the Pacific Northwest Coast claimed current research “does not suggest short- or long-term effects” from the release of DU to the environment that could result in its uptake by marine organisms.”
She also said that DU rounds “are extremely stable in sea water and pose no greater threat than any other metal.”‘
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