He was killed with a radioactive substance called polonium 210. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2006] Reference
NEWTON: What actually got him, investigators say, is a rare radioactive element called polonium-210. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2006] Reference
It is the triggers in these devices that need the maintenance, which is a re supply of a nuclear chemical called polonium 210. From Wordnik.com. [Osama Bin Laden – The Third Anti-Christ] Reference
HOLMES: This one -- it's kind of funny: "polonium". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2007] Reference
Sanjay Gupta on what polonium 210 does to the human body. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference
LEMON: Another country and four new cases of polonium exposure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2006] Reference
Iran also has produced tiny quantities of polonium 210 in the past. From Wordnik.com. [The Poison Pinpoint] Reference
In fact, your skin can protect your against polonium in and of itself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference
Only about three hours before he died they figured out it was polonium. From Wordnik.com. [Did He Let His Guard Down?] Reference
Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a look at what polonium 210 does to the body. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2006] Reference
Litvinenko died Thursday in London, poisoned by highly radioactive polonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2006] Reference
Doctors say Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by polonium 210. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2006] Reference
Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with a radioactive element called polonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference
(In the early bombs, the polonium 210 had to be replaced every three months.). From Wordnik.com. [The Poison Pinpoint] Reference
Scotland Yard found Litvinenko's north London home contaminated with polonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2006] Reference
He was poisoned in London after ingesting that radio active polonium last fall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2007] Reference
Traces of polonium 210 were also found on an aircraft on which Lugevoy traveled. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2007] Reference
You had a chance today, Sanjay, to look at this radioactive poison, polonium 210. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference
The standard way to produce polonium 210 is to bombard bismuth metal with neutrons. From Wordnik.com. [The Poison Pinpoint] Reference
Litvinenko died last year in London after he was poisoned with radioactive polonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2007] Reference
DALLAS: The production of polonium is going to be in very limited number of locations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference
Investigators now finding traces of polonium across London and on three passenger planes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference
The poison used on him was determined, at last, to be the radioactive isotope polonium 210. From Wordnik.com. [The Poison Pinpoint] Reference
And to get into the substance that was used, it's very rare, polonium 210, very rare substance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2006] Reference
Health officials say those effected have not ingested enough polonium to put their health at risk. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2006] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: There are reports that Mr. Litvinenko's wife, Marina, has tested positive for polonium. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference
Also, there have been media reports that more polonium radiation has been found in other buildings. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2006] Reference
This is true also of the two other elements found in the ores of uranium and thorium, viz., polonium and actinium. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
Mean while, Litvinenko's widow is also being watched closely, she has very small traces of polonium in her system. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2006] Reference
The calculated period of radium is 2,500 years, while that of polonium is only 202 days, and that of niton 5.6 days. From Wordnik.com. [Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation] Reference
So I can't rule out that Litvinienko found the polonium somewhere, started playing with it and had an accident, leading to his death. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2007] Reference
Well, now we're learning, according to a family source of Litvinenko, that his wife may have also been exposed to this polonium - 210. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference
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