Tankbuster planes fire 19 kilograms of DU shells per second when attacking armoured targets. In the last four weeks they have flown hundreds of sorties, potentially spreading several hundred tonnes of depleted uranium into anti-tank combat zones in Kosova and Serbia. This dust saturates targets and blows into soil, water and buildings. Unburned shell fragments are relatively low risk. The oxide dust is a nightmare, effectively like radioactive fallout.
Decontamination is very difficult and virtually impossible in soil and water.
Contaminated fields will never be safe for crops. I suspect that a significant number of other US munitions have included DU components. Alex is likely to include their comments. The ingenuity of the US arms industry will have tested every possible military application for this waste product of the nuclear industry. The US Government must be asked to declare all munitions that have been used DU in Kosova and Serbia, including armour- piercing shells, missiles, bombs, submunitions and cruise missiles.