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Us troops found radioactive Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040419-103255-1553r.htm http://washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040419-103255-1553r.htm U.S. Army troops found radioactive WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- As many as 800 U.S. army soldiers are awaiting results to determine if they were exposed to radiation in Iraq, the New York Daily News said Monday. The demand for tests was sparked by the newspaper's report that four soldiers from the 442nd Military Police Company are contaminated with radiation, likely caused by dust from depleted uranium shells fired by U.S. troops both in the Gulf war and in the Iraq invasion. The munitions are tipped with depleted uranium that is dense enough to penerate armor plate, but they also tend to pulverize on impact, spreading radioactive dust. However, several independent uranium experts who reviewed early lab results from Washington's Walter Reed medical facility's doctors are questioning whether the Army's testing methods are adequate. "They are using an instrument that apparently isn't very accurate," said Glen Lawrence, a professor of biochemistry at Long Island University. Leonard Dietz, a retired scientist from the Knolls Atomic Laboratories who invented one of the instruments for measuring uranium isotopes, agreed. "The instruments they used are just not sophisticated enough to give accurate readings," Dietz said.

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