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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:13 AM Original message |
Man tests positive for radiation (Scaramella - Italian contact) |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Er yeah, doesn't this have a short half-life? |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 138 days is the half life. PO 210 is not dangerous unless |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. 138 days? Ok, some reporter badly misquoted the half-life then |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I was wondering about that too. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So you can carry it in an envelope? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yep |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. How much would you have to inhale or digest to be fatal? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Less than a milligram |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. NPR used the analogy "the amount in two grains of salt" |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Less than you can see. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Whoever killed these men wanted it known how they were doing it. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Unless they meant to use a much smaller amt? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Radiation sickness causes people to lose their hair, and makes it unmistkable what the cause is. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Seems clearly Russian to me. But which group? |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. how would they get it into the sushi then?? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You can hold any amount in your hand so long as you don't inhale it. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. OK, they could have easily put it in his drink then?? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Time for background checks on the sushi chefs. The one you want to |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. ...Or who was in an "accident" recently. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yeah, that's actually more likely. |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. If his wife is poisoned also, it may have been in a cigarette(s). |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes I read that post too, brilliant and diabolical way to deliver the poison. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. 'adult member of Litvinenko's family' has also tested positive |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thanks for the update. Here is another link re family member |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. CNN now saying it is Litvinenko's wife that has tested positive. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It's his wife. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Is it possible to spread radioactive material through sex? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It just has to be ingested |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. "It's in his kiss................." |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Some sexual activity might involve ingesting body fluids... |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thought it was already reported she and their child were negative |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reuters: Russian spy contact says poisoned over shared secrets |
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