Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Depleted uranium and related articles/Carcinogenicity

To what extent is uranium carcinogenic?

As of 2006, yes, although I know very little about the long-term patterns of cancers involved. As far as I am concerned, the teratogenity is the much larger problem.

I seem to recall that teratogens and mutagens overlap, but I don't know how much. There are counter-examples, e.g., thalidomide. Many carcinogens, e.g. nerve gasses, are more carcinogenic than teratogenic. --James S. 09:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)