The death of Alexander Litvinenko is most likely a deliberate act; this is proven by the fact that Polonium - 210, an exceedingly rare material, was found to be ten times the amount needed to poison a person. The fact that he was poisoned by this very rare metal is proof itself that this is a deliberate act. The odds that he could have accidently come across enough Polonium-210 to kill him is extremely low, only small traces of this material happen naturally. This is furthered by the large quantity to which he had in his body. The possibility that he someone came into contact with that much of Polonium-210 accidently exceeds all reason and science.
Polonium-210 can be but into food without detection because the alpha particles it emits are not enough to be detected or cause alarm. The element itself is not the thing that kills you, it these particles. Alpha particles do not have a taste, smell, or color - it is impossible to detect them without previous notion that they are present, in which case you would need the technology to do so. Polonium-210 can be transported because it is not an environmental hazard - these dangerous alpha particles are not as threatening as other forms of radiation - skin and paper can stop them from penetrating further, for all their energy would be used up on such an impact. Furthermore, polonium-210 is no danger to you until it enters your body, so it can be transported.…show more content… Thus, if you have 10 grams of potassium and its half life is 1.3 billion years, in 1.3 billion years you would have 5 grams of potassium and 5 grams of argon - the product of potassium that decayed. Half of the potassium decayed in its half life. This process of decay leaves a “trail” because it emits particles into the environment as it is transported - this is called
