Polonium-210, a highly toxic radioactive isotope widely believed to have been used to poison former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, can be manufactured even by a layman, a Russian former nuclear minister said Thursday.
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November 30, 2006Water analysis carried out by the Prosecutor`s office of the Russian city of Tver has discovered that the radioactivity level exceeded maximum allowed norms more than 10 times.
The water samples taken on October 18 in a local nursery school and a hospital has indicated that the norm for pernicious contraries was 5 to 6 times above the safety levels and the Prosecutor`s office initiated proceedings against the Federal Supervision Agency for Customer Protection and Human Welfare. However none of the state officials was charged within the case.
The Head of the Federal Supervision Agency for Customer Protection and Human Welfare Arnold Viskupov has addressed Tver residents and adviced them to use water filters. The prosecutors insist on additional water tests that will allow them to make a final conclusion on the water condition.
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