Cancer risk in relation to radioactivity in tobacco.

From: Radiologic Technology | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Kilthau, Gustave F. | Copyright information

Leaf tobacco contains minute amounts of lead 210 ([sup.210]Pb) and polonium 210 ([sup.210]Po) both of which are radioactive carcinogens and both of which can be found in smoke from burning tobacco. Tobacco smoke also contains carcinogens that are nonradioactive.

People who inhale tobacco smoke are exposed to higher concentrations of radioactivity than nonsmokers. Deposits of [sup.210]Pb and alpha particle-emitting [sup.210]Po form in the lungs of smokers, generating lo...

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