Thallium

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Thallium is a metal, and cannot be made available in powdered form because of its reactivity with air.

Letters to the Editor 2005
Thallium is a metal, and cannot be made available in powdered form because of its reactivity with air.

Letters to the Editor 2005
Mrs Joyce Mthimkulu, who's son Siphiwo was abducted and murdered shortly after he was released from detention where the police also poisoned him with a rare substance called Thallium, was less than forgiving.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997
Doctors have been able to use an older-technology isotope called Thallium 201 for cardiac therapies and tests, so care for those patients has been little affected.

CTV News RSS Feed 2009
Thallium and thallium compounds are very toxic, so some of their earlier uses (such as a rodent poison and an insecticide) have been discontinued.

Thallium 2008
Thallium is a soft, bluish-white metallic element.

Thallium 2008
Thallium stress tests, which use radioactive dye to monitor actual blood flow within the heart, showed that 14 patients (78 percent) regained some heart function following treatment and that 12 (or 67 percent) returned to normal.

Bypassing The Surgeon 2008
Thallium is imported by the U.S. from Belgium, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Thallium 2008
Thallium is used in a number of electronic devices.

Thallium 2008
Thallium was discovered in 1861 by the English chemist William Crookes.

Thallium 2008