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Stupid writers
On Criminal Minds tonight they they had someone poisoning people with an "irradiated poison".
I was willing to accept that, though it was kinda silly. and it apparently *swiftly* (like within a couple of minutes) induced symptoms of a heart attack. Then, besides radiation poisoning it was cause multiple organ failures. The radiation was short half-life so it was "harmless" with in a day or two.
Turns out the perp had been stealing the stuff for six years or so from various hospitals radio-medicine units.
Which just plain *doesn't work*.
If it has that short a half-life it'd not be capable of causing radiation poisoning within *days* after it was stolen.
Also, nothing these used for radio-medicine is *remotely* that toxic. Nor would it do the "induce a heart attack" bit.
Also, they evacuated a neighborhood because the perp had dumped some down a sink. Yet at the same time, the perp who *worked* with this stuff and thus knew how to safely handle it, carried a container around in her *pocket*
Basically, if it can be safely carried in a pocket, even for a short time, it winding up in the sewer isn't a big deal.
So, essentially, the writers did *no* research.
I was willing to accept that, though it was kinda silly. and it apparently *swiftly* (like within a couple of minutes) induced symptoms of a heart attack. Then, besides radiation poisoning it was cause multiple organ failures. The radiation was short half-life so it was "harmless" with in a day or two.
Turns out the perp had been stealing the stuff for six years or so from various hospitals radio-medicine units.
Which just plain *doesn't work*.
If it has that short a half-life it'd not be capable of causing radiation poisoning within *days* after it was stolen.
Also, nothing these used for radio-medicine is *remotely* that toxic. Nor would it do the "induce a heart attack" bit.
Also, they evacuated a neighborhood because the perp had dumped some down a sink. Yet at the same time, the perp who *worked* with this stuff and thus knew how to safely handle it, carried a container around in her *pocket*
Basically, if it can be safely carried in a pocket, even for a short time, it winding up in the sewer isn't a big deal.
So, essentially, the writers did *no* research.
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Obviously they were trying for "lets make it even nastier" without a clue about how radiation and toxins work in the real world.