ABC News: Radioactive Substance That Killed Russian Spy Easily Available On Internet...

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First Posted: 11-30-06 04:23 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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ABC News:

Polonium-210, the radioactive substance that killed former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, is easily available on the Internet, but it could take $1 million to amass a lethal amount, according to leading authorities.

Polonium-210 isotopes are offered online by a number of companies, including United Nuclear of New Mexico. The company sells polonium-210 isotopes for about $69 but says it would take about 15,000 orders, for a total cost of over $1 million, to have a toxic amount.

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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