Okay, I do believe you. I’m just curious now. Is the toxic dosage much lower than I thought, or was a whole lot more made then, or both?
I suppose I would want other people to know why they got sick, even if it meant the wealthy couple’s (adult?) kids would find out. But I can see why someone might decide otherwise.
ETA: These are the sources I can find…
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/polonium.html
I’m thinking it must have just been a lot more commonly made before it was regulated. The earliest reference I can find to a US regulation on it is 1949. Maybe like cocaine, no one tried to stop commercial production and sale before it was controlled.
P.S. I don’t mean to be quarrelsome, I’m merely interested.
