In general all uranium mixtures (natural, exhausted, and enriched) have the same chemical effect on your body. Huge amounts of uranium can react with the tissues in your body and damage your kidneys. This radiation damage from exposure to high levels of natural or exhausted uranium is not known to cause cancer.
Humans and animals exposed to high levels of uranium do not have higher cancer rates. The Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR IV) reported that consumption of food or drinking water that has normal amounts of uranium will most likely notcause cancer.
Uranium can decay into other radioactive substances, such as radium, which can cause cancer if you are exposed to enough of them for a long sufficient period of time. Studies have reported that the lung and other cancers in uranium miners; however, the miners also smoked and were exposed to other substances that cause cancer, such as radon and silica dust.
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