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Radioactive Polonium in Cigarettes by Elton Camp is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses how tobacco companies have known for over 40 years that cigarettes contain radioactive polonium-210 but kept this information secret due to fears it would hurt tobacco sales. They were aware polonium-210 caused lung cancer but did not disclose this finding to the public during the Cold War era when radiation was widely feared. Cigarettes still contain radioactive polonium today, and the long-term health impacts are unknown.
- Author
- Elton Camp
- Language
- EN