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Uranium for ducks

June 6, 2008 Marc Abrahams

Depleted uranium should, perhaps, be the ammunition of choice for duck hunters. That’s the conclusion of a study called Response of American Black Ducks to Dietary Uranium: A Proposed Substitute for Lead Shot. The recommendation, published in 1983 in the Journal of Wildlife Management, has not been much disputed….

So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian.

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