Game-Changing New Clues in Litvinenko Murder from Sherlock Holmes

[Peter Lemkin]

Interesting!...and while lending good evidence to who might NOT have done the poisoning, doesn't go into who might have. The role and relationship of British Intelligence in all of this and with Litvinenko seems to me to be a large part of the missing puzzle pieces.

Speaking of Polonium poisoning [and off topic] what ever happened to the final analyses on Arafat's death? As I remember there were contradictory reports from different sources using the same facts.

News to me is that Po is used in the manufacture of fabrics! I know they are used in smoke detectors and other such devices. Wiki [as usual] has it all wrong, not stating it is used worldwide for smoke detectors and a host of other industrial processes, and saying it is only produced in Russia....absolutely false!

Aha, found it...

Po-210 is used in some industrial applications such as static eliminators, which are devices designed to eliminate static electricity in processes such as rolling paper, manufacturing sheet plastics, and spinning synthetic fibers. It is also used in nuclear weapons production, as a power supply in small satellites, and in the oil industry.

The theory is that he accidentally was exposed to Polonium during his smuggling activities.

Well, possible, but two thoughts come to mind. Radioactives are usually sealed in very secure containers within other containers and unless someone opens the various layers it is very difficult to be contaminated by mistake. Of course, poor practice in handling it or purposeful contamination when it was given to him could account for an earlier exposure. It does take quiet a bit of time before any symptoms occur, and then they start out very vague and flu-like...moving on to anemia-like and then cancer-like...then to multiple organ failure.

Second, why would one smuggle Po, if one can buy it in most countries - though one can imagine a reason why [had a secure/secret source in one place and thus no risk of exposure for obtaining it]. Seems there is still a piece or two of the puzzle missing...not to mention WHY he was in need of large amounts of Po-210....one assumes if he needed it it was for a silent murder...and not any of the industrial uses.