Polonium

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There is disagreement as to whether polonium is a post-transition metal or metalloid. Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with Polonium.

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First female Nobel Prize winner in 1903 CE -- Born 1867 CE, died 1934 CE

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1911

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There is disagreement as to whether polonium is a transition metal or metalloid. Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with Polonium.

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Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian State security service. He died three weeks after being exposed to polonium-210 in a London sushi restaurant.

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