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Depleted Uranium Health Risks

NPR

Published January 10, 2001 at 9:00 PM PST

As the controversy over the use of Depleted Uranium weapons heats up in Europe, NPR's David Kestenbaum takes a long hard look at what the science says - and doesn't say - about the possible health risks.