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Britain urges calm as three tested for radiation |
2006-11-28 |
![]() The government ordered a formal inquest into his death and Home Secretary John Reid, in a special address to the House of Commons, warned against rushing to conclusions over who might be responsible for the 43-year-old former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic, who died after falling ill from what doctors said was polonium-210 poisoning. The substance is deadly if ingested or inhaled. Reid said the tests on the three people were only a precaution. High doses of polonium-210 - a rare radioactive element usually manufactured in specialized nuclear facilities - were found in Litvinenko's body. "The nature of this radiation is such that it does not travel over long distances, a few centimetres at most, and therefore there is no need for public alarm," Reid said in a special address to the House of Commons after opposition calls. |
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