Author: Brianna RegoKeypoints:
-and Tobacco Control Act into law
Summary:
Everyday, people die from smoking tobacco and cigarettes. Many of these deaths are due to the chemical in cigarettes called Polonium 210. If smokers inhale this product daily, it would be equivalent to 300 chest x-ray doses a year. This wouldn't be a problem if cigarette companies were to simply just remove it. The companies have even known how to take it out for over 50 years. Back then, the government was not as strong, but now it is. They should be able to enforce this carcinogenic chemical out of these widely used products but they are not doing their jobs. 2% of the daily smokers wouldn't have to die from cancer if they were to fix this problem now.
My thoughts:
I think that the government is becoming really lazy. It shouldn't be to hard to enforce some regulations on this chemical especially as it is widely spread and used in all of the U.S. If not taking this deadly chemical out, they should at least warn the consumer about it. Its like the tobacco companies want to kill their consumer. 2% of people may not seem much but placed over a huge population such as the U.S, would make it worth something. This should have been banned a long time ago.
So what?Polonium 210 is responsible for 2% of cancers from smoking
Says who?Says Vilma R. Hunt and Brianna Rego
What If?What if polonium 210 was taken out already, how much deadlier would cigarettes be?
- Nothing is done to take the dangerous isotope from cigarettes
- Polonium 210 is used in cigarettes
- Poison builds to 300 chest xrays a year
- Tobacco industry has known how to take it out of cigarettes for 50 years
- 2009: obama signs
-and Tobacco Control Act into law
- Vilma R. Hunt discovered a way to get it polonium out
- Polonium 210 is a decay product of lead 210
- Radon 222 decay into lead 210
- Polonium is the cause of lung and many other cancers
- Test confirmed 94% of hamsters developed lung cancer
- Polonium responsible for 2% of smoke cancers
- One way to fix the problem was to wash the leaves with hydrogen peroxide
- 20-50% of polonium could easily be removed and washing could remove another 25%
- World Health organization has made it clear that smoking is the most avoidable cause of death
Summary:
Everyday, people die from smoking tobacco and cigarettes. Many of these deaths are due to the chemical in cigarettes called Polonium 210. If smokers inhale this product daily, it would be equivalent to 300 chest x-ray doses a year. This wouldn't be a problem if cigarette companies were to simply just remove it. The companies have even known how to take it out for over 50 years. Back then, the government was not as strong, but now it is. They should be able to enforce this carcinogenic chemical out of these widely used products but they are not doing their jobs. 2% of the daily smokers wouldn't have to die from cancer if they were to fix this problem now.
My thoughts:
I think that the government is becoming really lazy. It shouldn't be to hard to enforce some regulations on this chemical especially as it is widely spread and used in all of the U.S. If not taking this deadly chemical out, they should at least warn the consumer about it. Its like the tobacco companies want to kill their consumer. 2% of people may not seem much but placed over a huge population such as the U.S, would make it worth something. This should have been banned a long time ago.
So what?Polonium 210 is responsible for 2% of cancers from smoking
Says who?Says Vilma R. Hunt and Brianna Rego
What If?What if polonium 210 was taken out already, how much deadlier would cigarettes be?