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Oil industry plan to bury polonium-210 in Scotland triggers health fears

Environmental �time bomb� predicted as offshore body seeks alternative disposal facilities for toxic drilling waste By Vic Rodrick

A new radioactive waste dump to store deadly polonium-210 - the isotope used to murder former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko - is being planned in Scotland.

The offshore oil industry wants to bury hundreds of tonnes of toxic drilling waste on the mainland.