Observations: Fukushima Absorbed: How Plutonium Poisons the Body

Fukushima Absorbed: How Plutonium Poisons the Body By Katherine Harmon | Jun 26, 2011 01:00 PM | 1 Share Email Print Plutonium has a half-life of about 24,000 years. And scientists have known for decades that even in small doses, it is highly toxic, leading to radiation illness, cancer and often to death. After the March nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, peopl

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