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Polonium

11/29/2017 / By Janine Acero

Polonium – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Polonium is a radioactive element first discovered in 1898 by Polish-French physicist Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre. They discovered it as the source of radioactivity in a naturally occurring ore called pitchblende. Polonium is a relatively rare element. The pitchblende studied by the Curies contained only about 100 micrograms (millionths of a gram) of polonium […]

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