Polonium-210: removal from smoke by resin filters.
Use of a mixed ion-exchange resin as a filter for cigarettes markedly reduces both the total amount of polonium-210 in mainstream smoke and the picocuries per milligram of smoke. This procedure effectively minimizes exposure of the lungs of smokers to alpha irradiation.
D000512:Alpha Particles; D002273:Carcinogens; D005374:Filtration; D006801:Humans; D007475:Ion Exchange Resins; D008168:Lung / Q000528:radiation effects; D008722:Methods; D011059:Polonium / Q000032:analysis; D011853:Radiobiology; D012907:Smoking
D002273:Carcinogens; D007475:Ion Exchange Resins; D011059:Polonium