It’s not just the ingredients we should be concerned about. The devices themselves release chemicals that end up in our blood and urine.
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Vladimir Putin is a standard-bearer, rather than a pioneer in the history of Soviet and Russian political assassination.
Polonium’s chemical properties made it the ideal secret weapon for the assassins of Alexander Litvinenko.
With the announcement of an inquiry into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, talk of poisons is back in the news. There are many articles with lists of the most poisonous substances, which are often gathered…
A Swiss forensic report of the exhumed remains of ex-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat today suggests polonium poisoning may have been the cause of death – but what is polonium, and why is it so deadly…
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