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Worst case? What? Those were alpha particles. You're lucky to get them through a postcard.
by neuronic 7y ago
Worst case? What? Those were alpha particles. You're lucky to get them through a postcard.
- rndmio 7y agoWhich is precisely why you don't want them inside your body, every alpha particle emitted by the delay will hit and be absorbed inside you, it is the worst. That's why the Russian chose Polonium to kill Litvinenko.
- baybal2 7y agoThere are alpha particles of different energies, and products of decay of emitters may well not be good for your health either. Polonium besides being acutely toxic itself, decays into lead for example.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoAlpha particles cannot penetrate intact human skin. But they're extremely dangerous if they're already inside your skin.