-
Posts
-
That thought had also occurred to me Mary. Using Polonium is an extraordinarily difficult way to poison somebody. There are numerous other poisons that are equally as deadly and much easier to administer.
If any Board users are interested in this subject (and it is really fascinating once you get into it) I can reccomend that you read Glaister’s Medical Jurisprudence & Toxicology. (Get it here: —> http://www.amazon.com/Glaisters-medical-jurisprudence-toxicology-Glaister/dp/0443008949).
As we can now see from the ongoing investigation, Polonium is a nightmare to handle, it leaves traces absolutely everywhere. and apparently a quantity as small as one gram will self heat to a steady 400 degrees C so transporting it in solid form is simply out of the question.
How would you introduce it into the target’s food or drink for example?
Despite the hysteria whipped up by the Media, I still can’t help feeling that the Polonium was being transported or used for an entirely different purpose and that the unfortunate Alexander Litvinenko came into contact with it and ingested it, sure, but not necesarily as an act of deliberate poisoning or State execution.
Call me heartless but this guy was a colonel in the kgb so he was probably involved to some degree with the demise of British agents before he decided to defect.
So who gives a rats, yeah I feel sorry for his wife and kid but if you play with fire your going to get burned, especially if it’s the Russians.
I agree with the comment about the publicity, the secret services of all countries must be well practised at covert assinations so there’s got to be a hidden agenda.
@forumhostpb wrote:
That thought had also occurred to me Mary. Using Polonium is an extraordinarily difficult way to poison somebody. There are numerous other poisons that are equally as deadly and much easier to administer.
If any Board users are interested in this subject (and it is really fascinating once you get into it) I can reccomend that you read Glaister’s Medical Jurisprudence & Toxicology. (Get it here: —> http://www.amazon.com/Glaisters-medical-jurisprudence-toxicology-Glaister/dp/0443008949).
As we can now see from the ongoing investigation, Polonium is a nightmare to handle, it leaves traces absolutely everywhere. and apparently a quantity as small as one gram will self heat to a steady 400 degrees C so transporting it in solid form is simply out of the question.
How would you introduce it into the target’s food or drink for example?
Despite the hysteria whipped up by the Media, I still can’t help feeling that the Polonium was being transported or used for an entirely different purpose and that the unfortunate Alexander Litvinenko came into contact with it and ingested it, sure, but not necesarily as an act of deliberate poisoning or State execution.
and that sounds the most solid explanation to be truthful, funny isnt it that there are more people involved now with traces of the polonium in there systems? small amounts of it?
I have to agree with PB n Cath on this one- there are many many simpler, more effective, less public ways of poisoning someone than this. However the alternative to deliberate poisoning is coincidental poisoning- and that is even more disturbing.
Get involved in this discussion! Log in or register now to have your say!