That’s completely absurd.
Polonium isn’t named after someone. it’s the Latin for Poland.
It was discovered by Marie Curie, a Pole, and her husband Pierre.
This is Polonium in solid form:
It was once called Radium F and was used to murder Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in London a few years back.
Anyway.
Silly Irish Times.
Elements Added To Periodic Table (David Molloy, Irish Times)
Thanks Chompers
Polonium (Wikipedia)
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