What do the chemical signatures of deadly nerve agents tell us about their origins? – Science Weekly podcast

Ian Sample talks to two fellow Guardian reporters and a professor of environmental toxicology about the Salisbury spy poisoningSubscribe and review onAcast,Apple Podcasts,Soundcloud,Audioboom&Mixcloud. Join the discussion onFacebook andTwitter and email us at Scienceweekly@theguardian.comLast week, the city of Salisbury was thrust into the spotlight when two people were found in critical condition in a local park.Details began to emerge that the man, in his late sixties, was a former Russian spy. The woman found in a comatose state beside him, his daughter. Speculation mounted that they were poisoned, but by what? And by whom?Continue reading...
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