Jousting with the Lancet: Pajamas Media Interviews Professor Gilbert Burnham
Regarding the ranting about depleted uranium earlier in this thread, the following quote from “Uranium Information Centre” is quite illuminating:
“Depleted uranium is not classified as a dangerous substance radiologically, though it is a potential hazard in large quantities, beyond what could conceivably be breathed. Its emissions are very low, since the half-life of U-238 is the same as the age of the earth (4.5 billion years). There are no reputable reports of cancer or other negative health effects from radiation exposure to ingested or inhaled natural or depleted uranium, despite much study.”
In other words, the poster’s accusation of cancers etc. is a bald faced lie, no different in essence than any of the other often repeated lies that have appeared here today.
Given that the poster portrays a common leftist “belief” then I’d say that this is pretty much sums up everything you need to know about the modern left. Of course Bush has personally killed 650K Iraqis, depleted uranium causes cancer, even when proven otherwise, and so on.
