Polonium

Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital shortly before his death in 2006.

Moscow gets formal blame for the 2006 killing of a dissident in London

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A court of inquiry in London has accused Russia of a “miniature nuclear attack” on the British capital. The inquiry says 2006 murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with radioactive material, appears to have been carried out at Moscow’s behest, but the evidence is still secret.

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Lead Series; The Silent Epidemic: – Part Two (of 3)

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LEAD SERIES; THE SILENT EPIDEMIC: – PART THREE IN THE WORKPLACE

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The Silent Epidemic – Part Two

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Documenting Emissions at Hanford…

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Emerging Science Note/Hydrogen Power

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on a technique to get hydrogen from wastewater at food production plants.

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Health Note: Spain Poisoning

Living on Earth’s Jessica Penney reports on a massive poisoning incident in Spain twenty years ago.

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Technology Note

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on a way to use electricity to put the brakes on at the ski slopes.

Health Note

Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on the health dangers of picking tobacco plants

Tech Note

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on newly created florescent molecules that glow in the presence of metal pollution.