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Chemistry World November 13, 2013 Anthony King |
Arafat poisoning probe clouded by passage of time The investigation into whether or not the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive isotope of polonium almost ran out of time. |
Chemistry World December 6, 2013 Anthony King |
New report concludes Arafat was not poisoned French investigators have concluded that Yasser Arafat did not die from polonium poisoning. They concluded that measurements of polonium-210 taken from his exhumed body are consistent with a natural origin, ultimately from radon gas |
Chemistry World November 27, 2006 |
Q&A: Polonium-210 Polonium-210 is reported to have caused the recent fatal poisoning of former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko. Here's an interview with John Emsley, author of Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, about polonium-210 poisoning. |
Geotimes November 2007 Jenna Beck |
Nevada Wells Test Positive for Polonium USGS scientists report that 25 wells in Nevada contained the carcinogenic, radioactive isotope polonium-210. Of these wells, 13 exceeded the U.S. EPA's Maximum Contaminant Level for gross alpha radioactivity in a public water supply. |
Chemistry World July 20, 2007 Victoria Gill |
Polonium Clean-up Leaves Trail of Destruction In November 2006 of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned with radioactive polonium-210. Fifty locations around London have been deemed to be contaminated by the now infamous isotope. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2013 What discoveries caused the biggest buzz in chemistry labs in 2013? |
Salon.com October 13, 2000 Flore de Preneuf |
War in the Middle East The Israeli army responds after two soldiers are lynched in the Palestinian city of Ramallah... |
Salon.com March 8, 2001 Flore de Preneuf |
Where's Arafat? His intransigence helped elect Ariel Sharon, and violence rages on. Can Yasser Arafat lead the Palestinians out of crisis? |