Connect with Us:

The Power of Information

Facebook Page Twitter @enviroblog Youtube Channel Our RSS Feeds

At EWG,
our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.

Privacy Policy
(Updated Sept. 19, 2011)
Terms & Conditions
Reprint Permission Information

Charity Navigator 4 Star

sign up
Optional Member Code

support ewg

uranium-238

In the chemical families: Metals, Radioactive particles, Uranium compounds

Radioactive element commonly found in most rocks; processed ore used for power generation and weapons manufature.

EWG Research on uranium-238


Related News Clips on uranium-238


Health Effects related to uranium-238: Reproduction and fertility

Routes of Exposure related to uranium-238:

  • Water

More chemicals in Metals: Uranium, chromium oxide, chromium hydroxide, thimerosal, bismuth, zirconium oxide, chromium hydroxide green, chromium oxide greens, titanium dioxide, iron, view all...

More chemicals in Radioactive particles: radium 226, radium 228, uranium-235, combined ra 226 , radon, uranium, uranium-234, view all...

More chemicals in Uranium compounds: uranium-235, combined uranium (pci/l), uranium, uranium-234, view all...