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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7917

7 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/depleted uranium
Committee of scientific experts conclude that depleted uranium has no notable radiological effects on human health

Brussels, 06/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The committee of scientific experts, meeting on the initiative of the European Commission, has reached the conclusion that depleted uranium ""could not produce any detectable health effects" at a limited level of exposure, in an opinion handed to the Commission this week. Meeting at the request of the Commission in the framework of Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, the scientific experts only referred to the radiological aspects of the issue, and not on...

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