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2006-11-26 Britain

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Posted by Steve White 2006-11-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This type of poisoning should be a wakeup call to the west; now terrorists will want to work on the unique properties of the alpha wave nature and light mass nature of this potential wmd source! For instance; a non mechanical [completely stealth] delivery system (ie: a balloon filled with Polonium 210 within a balloon filled with Helium).

Posted by smn 2006-11-26 00:28|| 2006-11-26 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't this stuff used in nuclear weapons as a nuetron source? Doesn't that kind of send a message all by itself?

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-11-26 00:39|| 2006-11-26 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 DRUDGEREPORT > quotes source that claims it was a DEATH SPRAY sprayed on Litvinenko's food, later ingested by same.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-26 01:53|| 2006-11-26 01:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Polonium decays so rapidly it has been used as a heat source in some space probes (of note is Po-210 was used in the Soviet Lunokhod lunar rovers in the early 1970's for this purpose), so rapidly a half of gram of it will get to 500 deg C and boil itself away in a few days and so radioactive the air around it will glow a pale blue. Chunks of Polonium-beryllium (less than an inch) were used in at least the first three atomic bombs as trigger mechanisms. Some anti-static brushes used for photographic purposes contain polonium. . Extremely small amounts of this material are regarded as fatal when ingested. The maximum permissible body burden for ingested polonium can be represented by a particle weighing only 6.8 x 10-12 g. Weight for weight it is about 2.5 x 1011 times as toxic as
hydrocyanic acid. Polonium radiation has been implicated in smoking-related lung cancer, tobacco fertilized with modern phosphate fertilizers now contains minuscule amounts of polonium, but even this can be significant. The common man's most common exposure to polonium would be through cigarette smoke. You can make this at home just by burning non-organic tobacco, although the amounts released will not be enough to kill you very quickly. Possibly this contamination may be interfering with the forensic investigation into Litvinenko's death. The "trace" of polonium found so far has to be balanced against the sensitivity of the tests used.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-26 05:26|| 2006-11-26 05:26|| Front Page Top

#5
Polonium, 2nd hand smoke, 2nd hand snakes, Rethuglicans, Haliburton death squads, ignorance, stupidity.
Which is you biggest killer?

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-26 07:50|| 2006-11-26 07:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Which is you biggest killer?

Polonium, 2nd hand smoke, 2nd hand snakes, Rethuglicans, Haliburton death squads, ignorance, stupidity..

Or Spembles without their Endorphin Laced Ethyl-Alcohol Kocaine-Koffee every morning!

Posted by RD 2006-11-26 14:57|| 2006-11-26 14:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Oooh, I want some o' that! Something new at Starbucks?

Posted by .com 2006-11-26 15:03|| 2006-11-26 15:03|| Front Page Top

#8 We drink tea.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-11-26 15:08|| 2006-11-26 15:08|| Front Page Top

#9 How much does that run RD?

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-26 16:11|| 2006-11-26 16:11|| Front Page Top

#10 With Polonium sprinkles, Venti, $157,853.95. Without, $4.95.

Posted by .com 2006-11-26 16:13|| 2006-11-26 16:13|| Front Page Top

#11 .com Oooh, I want some o' that! Something new at Starbucks?

#6 How much does that run RD?

its expensive shiite, that's why I only smoke my Folgers Krystals w/ Kaffeine these dayz.

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Posted by RD 2006-11-26 21:19|| 2006-11-26 21:19|| Front Page Top

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