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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[-] flipht@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago

It's not about them. It's the children who find the spent ammo later.

This crap is the reason that there are birth defects spikes anywhere the US military operates.

[-] kitonthenet@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago

Ok but the alternatives are not environmentally conscious either, finally the people who’s land it is should be the ones making choices about the conditions of that land

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

The alternative is to stop using people of Ukraine to fight a proxy war with Russia.

[-] letsgocrazy@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Then why don't you ask Russia to withdraw, wouldn't that be easier?

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Russia is obviously not going to withdraw, and you or me asking Russia to withdraw isn't going to make it happen. However, people living in western countries do have at least some influence on their own regimes. Of course, the reason western regimes can keep the proxy war going is precisely because a lot of scumbags are cheering it on right now.

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