Dutch to test 20 people for polonium radiation
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Dutch health authorities said on Friday they have called in about 20 people for radiation testing after they stayed in a London hotel where poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko also spent time.
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By CHRISTINE DELL'AMORE Polonium-210, the rare radioactive substance that fatally poisoned a Russian ex-spy, doesn't pose a threat to most.
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Pathologists are preparing to carry out a potentially hazardous post-mortem on former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, as growing numbers of people were tested for possible exposure to radiation.
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British officials said radiation was detected in 12 locations around London, and that it was likely to be found in more.
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Scientific evidence that fallout from Chernobyl may have raised cancer rates in western Europe has emerged for the first time. Researchers in Sweden identified
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Seven workers at a hotel where Alexander Litvinenko held a meeting test positive for radioactive polonium-210.
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Three people have undergone testing for possible radioactive contamination following the death of a former Russian spy in London, British Home Secretary John Reid said on Monday.
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Three people have been referred to a special clinic for radiological tests following the death of a former Russian spy in London, a spokeswoman for Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said on Monday.
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Noodling around in the lab one day, Antoine Becquerel stumbles upon radioactivity. Compiled by Tony Long.
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The U.S. government is sending a team of 20 scientists to check out a report of unusual radiation readings that could be coming from a hydrogen bomb that was lost off the Georgia coast in 1958.
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FURTHER research to discover whether fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion has caused an increase in cancer in the north west has been demanded by the region&#39;s public health boss.
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Tests were being conducted Monday to find out if anyone else has been contaminated with the radioactive substance that killed ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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Two BA planes undergo more tests after traces of radiation are found in the probe into an ex-spy's death.
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British scientists will examine the  corpse of a former Russian spy on Friday to try to discover  when and how he ingested a fatal dose of radioactive material.
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A contact of Alexander Litvinenko is to have more tests after testing positive for a radioactive substance.
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Radiation detectors set up to alert authorities to potential dirty bombs are sounding the alarm about some unlikely suspects: patients who have had tests or treatments using radioactive medicines.
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British scientists probing the death of  Alexander Litvinenko are carrying out tests on Saturday on one  of his contacts who has been contaminated with the same  radioactive poison that killed the former Russian spy.