Was it in his food?
2006-11-24 20:49:56 · 6 answers · asked by starrynight1 7 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It was Polonium 210 (not Plutonium).
Radioactive poisoning would work by the radioactive material being ingested in the body. So yes, it was probably in his food. Polonium emits alpha particles. Normally this would be blocked by the skin, but if ingested or breathed in, the alpha radiation would be able to destroy cells it comes into contact with.
In general, when handling radioactive material, maintaining distance is vitally important. The dosage rate an individual receives decreases by the squared root of the dose rate for the doubling of a given distance. But it is increased by the power of two for any given halving of that distance.
So for a source that will give a very low dose at, say, one metre distance, the same source will give a massive dose when radioactive material is inside the body.
(You're welcome B.)
2006-11-24 21:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by 13caesars 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polonium-210. They say he ingested it. One article, courtesy of Matt Drudge, is saying that a "radiation mist" was "secretly sprayed on to his food." Too early to say for sure, I think.
(Thanks for catching that, 13C.)
2006-11-24 20:52:42 · answer #2 · answered by Bastardo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer? i'm waiting for the book to be published...or the movie to come out. it seems so surreal...hey, the ole saying is true i guess "art imitates life" .... or is it "life imitates art" ?
2006-11-25 04:42:18 · answer #3 · answered by AILENE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a rare radiation poison.
2006-11-25 13:10:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he seems 2 have ingested Plutonium-210
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6181688.stm
2006-11-25 00:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
explain.
2006-11-24 21:36:15 · answer #6 · answered by deepak. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋