[HN] Big Tobacco knew radioactive Po210 in cigarettes posed cancer risk, kept quiet
[HN] Big Tobacco knew radioactive Po210 in cigarettes posed cancer risk, kept quiet
www.uclahealth.org Big Tobacco knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk but kept quiet
Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed "deep and intimate" knowledge of these particles' cancer-causing potential, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public, according to a new study by UCLA researche...
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