SUITS FOR AUTOPSY DOCTORS

The polonium 210 used to poison former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko is so dangerous the pathologists performing the autopsy must wear full radiation-protection suits. Efforts are currently underway to trace the thousands of people possibly incidentally contaminated in the less than surgically precise poisoning. This includes 33,000 passengers and 3,000 air crew who have traveled on five contaminated airliners flying between London and Moscow. Hardly a discreet assassination.